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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
plástar	phlástar	bplástar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “plástar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “plástar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “plástar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.