plás

See also: Appendix:Variations of "plas"

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /pˠlˠɑːsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /pˠlˠæːsˠ/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman place (“open space”), from Latin platea (“plaza, wide street”), from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), shortening of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, “broad way”).

Noun

plás m (genitive singular pláis, nominative plural pláis)

1. a place (open space; group of houses)
2. a plaza

Declension

Declension of plás (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative plás pláis vocative a phláis a phlása genitive pláis plás dative plás pláis forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an plás na pláis genitive an phláis na bplás dative leis an bplás don phlás leis na pláis

Derived terms

• dola-phlás
• plás dola
• plásán
• plásóg

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman plaise, from Late Latin platessa.

Noun

plás m (genitive singular pláis, nominative plural pláis)

1. plaice

Declension

Declension of plás (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative plás pláis vocative a phláis a phlása genitive pláis plás dative plás pláis forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an plás na pláis genitive an phláis na bplás dative leis an bplás don phlás leis na pláis

Synonyms

• leathóg bhallach

Mutation

Mutated forms of plás

radical	lenition	eclipsis
plás	phlás	bplás

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 plás”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “plás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “plás”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “plás”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025