platónach

See also: Platónach

Irish

Etymology

From Platónach (“Platonic”) (relating to Plato and his successors), from Platón (“Plato”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

platónach (genitive singular masculine platónaigh, genitive singular feminine platónaí, plural platónacha, comparative platónaí)

1. platonic (neither sexual nor romantic in nature)

Declension

Declension of platónach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	platónach	phlatónach	platónacha; phlatónacha²
Vocative	phlatónaigh		platónacha
Genitive		platónaí	platónacha	platónach
Dative	platónach; phlatónach¹	phlatónach; phlatónaigh (archaic)	platónacha; phlatónacha²
Comparative	níos platónaí
Superlative	is platónaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
platónach	phlatónach	bplatónach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “platónach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “platónach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024