poblachtach

Irish

Etymology

From poblacht +‎ -ach.

Adjective

poblachtach (genitive singular masculine poblachtaigh, genitive singular feminine poblachtaí, plural poblachtacha, comparative poblachtaí)

1. republican

   Synonym: (Irish politics) poblachtánach

Declension

Declension of poblachtach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	poblachtach	phoblachtach	poblachtacha; phoblachtacha²
Vocative	phoblachtaigh		poblachtacha
Genitive		poblachtaí	poblachtacha	poblachtach
Dative	poblachtach; phoblachtach¹	phoblachtach; phoblachtaigh (archaic)	poblachtacha; phoblachtacha²
Comparative	níos poblachtaí
Superlative	is poblachtaí

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

• poblachtachas

Related terms

• poblachtánachas

Noun

poblachtach m (genitive singular poblachtaigh, nominative plural poblachtaigh)

1. republican

Declension

Declension of poblachtach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative poblachtach poblachtaigh Vocative a phoblachtaigh a phoblachtacha Genitive poblachtaigh poblachtach Dative poblachtach poblachtaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an poblachtach na poblachtaigh Genitive an phoblachtaigh na bpoblachtach Dative leis an bpoblachtach don phoblachtach leis na poblachtaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
poblachtach	phoblachtach	bpoblachtach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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