platónach

See also: Platónach

Irish

Etymology

From Platónach (“Platonic”) (relating to Plato and his successors), from Platón (“Plato”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

platónach (genitive singular masculine platónaigh, genitive singular feminine platónaí, plural platónacha, comparative platónaí)

1. platonic (neither sexual nor romantic in nature)

Declension

Declension of platónach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	platónach	phlatónach	platónacha; phlatónacha2
vocative	phlatónaigh		platónacha
genitive		platónaí	platónacha	platónach
dative	platónach; phlatónach1	phlatónach; phlatónaigh (archaic)	platónacha; phlatónacha2
Comparative	níos platónaí
Superlative	is platónaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of platónach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
platónach	phlatónach	bplatónach

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “platónach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “platónach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024