plimpíl

Irish

Alternative forms

• plimpeáil
• plumpaíl

Etymology

Extended form of plimp.

Noun

plimpíl f (genitive singular plimpíola)

1. (act of) plumping, flopping; loud noise

Declension

Declension of plimpíl (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative plimpíl vocative a phlimpíl genitive plimpíola dative plimpíl forms with the definite article case singular nominative an phlimpíl genitive na plimpíola dative leis an bplimpíl don phlimpíl

Related terms

• plimp f (“plump, sudden fall; crash, bang”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of plimpíl

radical	lenition	eclipsis
plimpíl	phlimpíl	bplimpíl

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) “plimpíl”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN