polaitiúil

Irish

Etymology

From English polit(ical) +‎ -úil.

Adjective

polaitiúil (genitive singular masculine polaitiúil, genitive singular feminine polaitiúla, plural polaitiúla, comparative polaitiúla)

1. political

   Antonym: neamhpholaitiúil

Declension

Declension of polaitiúil

Positive	singular		plural
	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

• sochpholaitiúil

Related terms

• polaitíocht f (“politics”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of polaitiúil

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

• 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, 2013-2025