Polannach

See also: polannach

Irish

Etymology

From An Pholainn (“Poland”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Polannach (genitive singular masculine Polannaigh, genitive singular feminine Polannaí, plural Polannacha, not comparable)

1. Polish

Declension

Declension of Polannach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Polannach	Pholannach	Polannacha; Pholannacha2
vocative	Pholannaigh		Polannacha
genitive		Polannaí	Polannacha	Polannach
dative	Polannach; Pholannach1	Pholannach; Pholannaigh (archaic)	Polannacha; Pholannacha2
Comparative	níos Polannaí
Superlative	is Polannaí

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

Related terms

• Polainnis (“the Polish language”)

Noun

Polannach m (genitive singular Polannaigh, nominative plural Polannaigh)

1. Pole (Polish person)

Declension

Declension of Polannach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Polannach Polannaigh vocative a Pholannaigh a Pholannacha genitive Polannaigh Polannach dative Polannach Polannaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Polannach na Polannaigh genitive an Pholannaigh na bPolannach dative leis an bPolannach don Pholannach leis na Polannaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Polannach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Polannach	Pholannach	bPolannach

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