pólítískar

Pólítískar is the feminine plural form of the Icelandic adjective meaning "political." It is used to describe feminine plural nouns that relate to politics or public affairs. Examples include pólítískar stofnanir (political institutions), pólítískar ákvarðanir (political decisions), and pólítískar fréttir (political news).

Usage: In Icelandic, adjectives inflect to agree with the gender and number of the noun they modify. Therefore, pólítískar appears with feminine plural nouns. The corresponding masculine plural and neuter forms would be pólítískir and pólítískt, depending on the noun. The term is commonly found in loan phrases or in descriptive writing about political topics, while the native word for politics is stjórnmál.

Etymology: Pólítískar derives from the same Indo-European root that yields the word for "political" in many languages, ultimately tracing to Greek politikos meaning "citizen, civic," via Latin politicus and related European terms. In Icelandic, the word is used primarily as an adjective; the noun for politics is stjórnmál.

See also: stjórnmál.