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

	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

• sochpholaitiúil

Related terms

• polaitíocht f (“politics”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

• 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