plá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pla"

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈplaː]

Verb

plá

1. third-person singular present of plát

   Synonym: plaje

Irish

Alternative forms

• pláigh (superseded)
• plágha, pláighe (superseded, genitive singular)
• plághadh (verbal noun)

Etymology

From Old Irish plág, from Latin plāga. Cognate with Manx plaih and Scottish Gaelic plàigh.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /pˠlˠaːj/, /pˠl̪ˠaːj/ (corresponding to the form pláigh)

Noun

plá f (genitive singular as substantive plá, genitive as verbal noun pláite, nominative plural plánna)

1. verbal noun of pláigh (“to plague, pester”)
2. (literal and figurative) plague
3. pestilence

   plá is gorta ― pestilence and famine

Declension

Declension of plá

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative plá plánna Vocative a phlá a phlánna Genitive plá plánna Dative plá plánna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an phlá na plánna Genitive na plá na bplánna Dative leis an bplá don phlá leis na plánna

Synonyms

• (pestilence): aicíd

Derived terms

• pláúil

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
plá	phlá	bplá
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “pláiġ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 544
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “plá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN