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

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
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