plàigh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish [Term?], from Old Irish plág, from Latin plāga. Cognates include Irish plá and Manx plaih.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰl̪ˠaːj/

Noun

plàigh f

1. plague, pest, pestilence

Declension

Declension of plàigh (class IIb feminine noun)

Indefinite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	plàigh	plàighean
Genitive	plàighe	phlàighean
Dative	plàigh	plàighean; plàighibh✝
Definite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	(a') phlàigh	(na) plàighean
Genitive	(na) plàighe	(nam) plàighean
Dative	(a') phlàigh	(na) plàighean; plàighibh✝
Vocative	phlàigh	phlàighean

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
plàigh	phlàigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “plág”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Colin Mark (2003) “plàigh”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 469