Boilséiveach

Irish

Etymology

From Russian большеви́к (bolʹševík) + -ach (adjectival suffix), with the Irish suffix replacing the Russian one.

Adjective

Boilséiveach (genitive singular masculine Boilséivigh, genitive singular feminine Boilséiví, plural Boilséiveacha, not comparable)

1. Bolshevik

Declension

Declension of Boilséiveach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Boilséiveach	Bhoilséiveach	Boilséiveacha; Bhoilséiveacha2
vocative	Bhoilséivigh		Boilséiveacha
genitive		Boilséiví	Boilséiveacha	Boilséiveach
dative	Boilséiveach; Bhoilséiveach1	Bhoilséiveach; Bhoilséivigh (archaic)	Boilséiveacha; Bhoilséiveacha2
Comparative	níos Boilséiví
Superlative	is Boilséiví

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• Boilséiveachas m (“Bolshevism”)

Noun

Boilséiveach m (genitive singular Boilséivigh, nominative plural Boilséivigh)

1. Bolshevik

Declension

Declension of Boilséiveach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Boilséiveach Boilséivigh vocative a Bhoilséivigh a Bhoilséiveacha genitive Boilséivigh Boilséiveach dative Boilséiveach Boilséivigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Boilséiveach na Boilséivigh genitive an Bhoilséivigh na mBoilséiveach dative leis an mBoilséiveach don Bhoilséiveach leis na Boilséivigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Boilséiveach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Boilséiveach	Bhoilséiveach	mBoilséiveach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Boilséiveach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Boilséiveach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Boilséiveach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024