plúrach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From plúr (“flour; flower”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]plúrach (genitive singular masculine plúraigh, genitive singular feminine plúraí, plural plúracha, comparative plúraí)
- floury, farinaceous
- Synonym: plúrmhar
- flower-like, pretty
- Synonym: plúrmhar
- (chemistry) efflorescent
- Synonym: plúrmhar
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | plúrach | phlúrach | plúracha; phlúracha2 | |
| vocative | phlúraigh | plúracha | ||
| genitive | plúraí | plúracha | plúrach | |
| dative | plúrach; phlúrach1 |
phlúrach; phlúraigh (archaic) |
plúracha; phlúracha2 | |
| Comparative | níos plúraí | |||
| Superlative | is plúraí | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| plúrach | phlúrach | bplúrach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “plúrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “plúrach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “plúrach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024