poblachtánach
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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]Declension of poblachtánach
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]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
poblachtánach | phoblachtánach | bpoblachtánach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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