pleorach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From pleora (“pleura”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]pleorach (genitive singular masculine pleoraigh, genitive singular feminine pleoraí, plural pleoracha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Declension of pleorach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | pleorach | phleorach | pleoracha; phleoracha² | |
| Vocative | phleoraigh | pleoracha | ||
| Genitive | pleoraí | pleoracha | pleorach | |
| Dative | pleorach; phleorach¹ |
phleorach; phleoraigh (archaic) |
pleoracha; phleoracha² | |
| Comparative | níos pleoraí | |||
| Superlative | is pleoraí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
[edit]- pleora(i)- (“pleur(o)-”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| pleorach | phleorach | bpleorach |
| 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) “pleorach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN