plàigh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish [Term?], from Old Irish plág, from Latin plāga. Cognates include Irish plá and Manx plaih.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰl̪ˠaːj/

Noun

plàigh f

1. plague, pest, pestilence

Declension

Declension of plàigh (class IIb feminine noun)

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	plàigh	plàighean
genitive	plàighe	phlàighean
dative	plàigh	plàighean; plàighibh✝
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(a') phlàigh	(na) plàighean
genitive	(na) plàighe	(nam) plàighean
dative	(a') phlàigh	(na) plàighean; plàighibh✝
vocative	phlàigh	phlàighean

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Mutation

Mutation of plàigh

radical	lenition
plàigh	phlàigh

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

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “plág”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Colin Mark (2003) “plàigh”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 469