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

Mutated forms of poblachtach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
poblachtach	phoblachtach	bpoblachtach

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) “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