póitseáil

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Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English poach + -áil.

Verb

póitseáil (present analytic póitseálann, future analytic póitseálfaidh, verbal noun póitseáil, past participle póitseáilte)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) poach

Conjugation

Derived terms

Noun

póitseáil f (genitive singular póitseála)

  1. (act of) poaching

Declension

Declension of póitseáil (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative póitseáil
vocative a phóitseáil
genitive póitseála
dative póitseáil

Mutation

Mutated forms of póitseáil
radical lenition eclipsis
póitseáil phóitseáil bpóitseáil

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “póitseáil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • poach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • poaching”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025