Platónach

See also: platónach

Irish

Etymology

From Platón (“Plato”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Platónach (genitive singular masculine Platónaigh, genitive singular feminine Platónaí, plural Platónacha, not comparable)

1. (philosophy) Platonic

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.

Derived terms

• Nua-Phlatónachas m (“Neo-Platonism”)
• platónach (“platonic”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Platónach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Platónach	Phlatónach	bPlatónach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Platónach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Platónach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Platónach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024