plástar

Irish

Alternative forms

• plástra

Etymology

From English plaster.

Noun

plástar m (genitive singular plástair, nominative plural plástair)

1. plaster (material)
   1. (medicine) sticking plaster, band-aid

      Synonym: greimlín

   2. (familiar) plaster cast

      Synonym: teilgean plástair

2. soft, flat-featured person

Declension

Declension of plástar (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative plástar plástair vocative a phlástair a phlástara genitive plástair plástar dative plástar plástair forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an plástar na plástair genitive an phlástair na bplástar dative leis an bplástar don phlástar leis na plástair

Derived terms

• plástar Pháras
• plástarchlár
• plástraeir, plástrálaí, plástróir (“plasterer”)
• plástráil, plástraigh (“plaster”, verb)

Mutation

Mutated forms of plástar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
plástar	phlástar	bplástar

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) “plástar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “plástar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “plástar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025