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
Declension of plúrach
| 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
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| plúrach | phlúrach | bplúrach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “plúrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “plúrach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “plúrach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.