Pléimeannach
Irish
Etymology
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Adjective
Pléimeannach (genitive singular masculine Pléimeannaigh, genitive singular feminine Pléimeannaí, plural Pléimeannacha, not comparable)
Declension
Declension of Pléimeannach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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)
Declension
Declension of Pléimeannach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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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