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Noun edit

pléasc f (genitive singular pléisce, nominative plural pléascanna)

  1. explosion, blast
  2. bang (sudden percussive noise)
    pléasc ghunnareport of gun, sound of gunfire
  3. crash (loud sound)
    pléasc thoirnía crash of thunder
  4. crack, pop (loud, sharp sound)

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Verb edit

pléasc (present analytic pléascann, future analytic pléascfaidh, verbal noun pléascadh, past participle pléasctha) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. to burst ((cause to) break from internal pressure), explode, blow up, pop, go up
  2. to crack ((cause to) make a sharp sound), snap
  3. to bang (make sudden loud noises (on)), pop
    Bhí sí ag pléascadh an bhoird.
    She was banging the table.
  4. to crash ((cause to) collide)
  5. to blast, shatter

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Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
pléasc phléasc bpléasc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ pléasc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

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