poblachtánach
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]poblachtánach (genitive singular masculine poblachtánaigh, genitive singular feminine poblachtánaí, plural poblachtánacha, comparative poblachtánaí)
- republican (Irish politics)
- Synonym: poblachtach
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | poblachtánach | phoblachtánach | poblachtánacha; phoblachtánacha2 | |
vocative | phoblachtánaigh | poblachtánacha | ||
genitive | poblachtánaí | poblachtánacha | poblachtánach | |
dative | poblachtánach; phoblachtánach1 |
phoblachtánach; phoblachtánaigh (archaic) |
poblachtánacha; phoblachtánacha2 | |
Comparative | níos poblachtánaí | |||
Superlative | is poblachtánaí |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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poblachtánach | phoblachtánach | bpoblachtánach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “poblachtach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “poblachtánach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024