plé

See also: ple, PLE, and -ple

Irish

Alternative forms

• pléidhe (obsolete)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman plai (“lawsuit”), from Medieval Latin placitum (“a plea, etc.”), neuter of Latin placitus, past participle of placeō (“I please”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʲlʲeː/

Noun

plé m (genitive singular plé)

1. discussion, dealings
2. verbal noun of pléigh

Declension

Declension of plé (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative plé vocative a phlé genitive plé dative plé forms with the definite article case singular nominative an plé genitive an phlé dative leis an bplé don phlé

Verb

plé

1. present subjunctive analytic of pléigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of plé

radical	lenition	eclipsis
plé	phlé	bplé

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), “plé(idh)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “plé”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “pléiḋe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 546