Pléimeannach

Irish

Etymology

From Middle English flameng +‎ -ach

Adjective

Pléimeannach (genitive singular masculine Pléimeannaigh, genitive singular feminine Pléimeannaí, plural Pléimeannacha, not comparable)

1. Flemish

Declension

Declension of Pléimeannach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Pléimeannach	Phléimeannach	Pléimeannacha; Phléimeannacha²
Vocative	Phléimeannaigh		Pléimeannacha
Genitive		Pléimeannaí	Pléimeannacha	Pléimeannach
Dative	Pléimeannach; Phléimeannach¹	Phléimeannach; Phléimeannaigh (archaic)	Pléimeannacha; Phléimeannacha²
Comparative	níos Pléimeannaí
Superlative	is Pléimeannaí

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

• Flóndras (“Flanders”)
• Pléimeannais f (“Flemish”) (language)

Noun

Pléimeannach m (genitive singular Pléimeannaigh, nominative plural Pléimeannaigh)

1. Fleming

Declension

Declension of Pléimeannach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Pléimeannach Pléimeannaigh Vocative a Phléimeannaigh a Phléimeannacha Genitive Pléimeannaigh Pléimeannach Dative Pléimeannach Pléimeannaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an Pléimeannach na Pléimeannaigh Genitive an Phléimeannaigh na bPléimeannach Dative leis an bPléimeannach don Phléimeannach leis na Pléimeannaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Pléimeannach	Phléimeannach	bPléimeannach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Pléimeannach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “Flemish”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024