polaitiúil
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English polit(ical) + -úil.
Adjective
[edit]polaitiúil (genitive singular masculine polaitiúil, genitive singular feminine polaitiúla, plural polaitiúla, comparative polaitiúla)
- political
- Antonym: neamhpholaitiúil
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | polaitiúil | pholaitiúil | polaitiúla; pholaitiúla2 | |
| vocative | pholaitiúil | polaitiúla | ||
| genitive | polaitiúla | polaitiúla | polaitiúil | |
| dative | polaitiúil; pholaitiúil1 |
pholaitiúil | polaitiúla; pholaitiúla2 | |
| Comparative | níos polaitiúla | |||
| Superlative | is polaitiúla | |||
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
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- polaitíocht f (“politics”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| polaitiúil | pholaitiúil | bpolaitiúil |
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) “polaitiúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “polaitiúil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “polaitiúil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024