plúrach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From plúr (“flour; flower”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective[edit]
plúrach (genitive singular masculine plúraigh, genitive singular feminine plúraí, plural plúracha, comparative plúraí)
- floury, farinaceous
- Synonym: plúrmhar
- flower-like, pretty
- Synonym: plúrmhar
- (chemistry) efflorescent
- Synonym: plúrmhar
Declension[edit]
Declension of plúrach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | plúrach | phlúrach | plúracha; phlúracha² | |
Vocative | phlúraigh | plúracha | ||
Genitive | plúraí | plúracha | plúrach | |
Dative | plúrach; phlúrach¹ |
phlúrach; phlúraigh (archaic) |
plúracha; phlúracha² | |
Comparative | níos plúraí | |||
Superlative | is plúraí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
plúrach | phlúrach | bplúrach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “plúrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “plúrach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “plúrach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024