Boilséiveach

Irish

Etymology

From Russian большеви́к (bolʹševík) + -ach (adjectival suffix), with the Irish suffix replacing the Russian one.

Adjective

Boilséiveach (genitive singular masculine Boilséivigh, genitive singular feminine Boilséiví, plural Boilséiveacha, not comparable)

1. Bolshevik

Declension

Declension of Boilséiveach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Boilséiveach	Bhoilséiveach	Boilséiveacha; Bhoilséiveacha²
Vocative	Bhoilséivigh		Boilséiveacha
Genitive		Boilséiví	Boilséiveacha	Boilséiveach
Dative	Boilséiveach; Bhoilséiveach¹	Bhoilséiveach; Bhoilséivigh (archaic)	Boilséiveacha; Bhoilséiveacha²
Comparative	níos Boilséiví
Superlative	is Boilséiví

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

• Boilséiveachas m (“Bolshevism”)

Noun

Boilséiveach m (genitive singular Boilséivigh, nominative plural Boilséivigh)

1. Bolshevik

Declension

Declension of Boilséiveach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Boilséiveach Boilséivigh Vocative a Bhoilséivigh a Bhoilséiveacha Genitive Boilséivigh Boilséiveach Dative Boilséiveach Boilséivigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an Boilséiveach na Boilséivigh Genitive an Bhoilséivigh na mBoilséiveach Dative leis an mBoilséiveach don Bhoilséiveach leis na Boilséivigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Boilséiveach	Bhoilséiveach	mBoilséiveach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Boilséiveach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Boilséiveach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Boilséiveach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024