plánach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From plána (“flat surface, plane”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]plánach (genitive singular masculine plánaigh, genitive singular feminine plánaí, plural plánacha, comparative plánaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of plánach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | plánach | phlánach | plánacha; phlánacha² | |
| Vocative | phlánaigh | plánacha | ||
| Genitive | plánaí | plánacha | plánach | |
| Dative | plánach; phlánach¹ |
phlánach; phlánaigh (archaic) |
plánacha; phlánacha² | |
| Comparative | níos plánaí | |||
| Superlative | is plánaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]- péist phlánach (“flatworm”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| plánach | phlánach | bplánach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “plánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN