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]Declension of polaitiúil
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
polaitiúil | pholaitiúil | bpolaitiúil |
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) “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