plána

See also: plana, plaña, plāna, plānā, and plan A

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠl̪ˠɑːn̪ˠə/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠlˠɑːnˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠlˠæːnˠə/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English plane, from Latin plānum (“plain, level ground”), from plānus (“flat, even, level”).

Noun

plána m (genitive singular plána, nominative plural plánaí)

1. (geometry) flat surface, plane

Derived terms

• plánach
• plánchlár

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle English plane, from Latin plāna (“planing tool”), from plānō (“I level”).

Noun

plána m (genitive singular plána, nominative plural plánaí)

1. plane (tool)

Derived terms

• plánáil

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Old French plane, from Latin platanus, from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos), from πλατύς (platús, “wide, broad”).

Noun

plána m (genitive singular plána, nominative plural plánaí)

1. plane (tree)

Declension

Declension of plána

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative plána plánaí Vocative a phlána a phlánaí Genitive plána plánaí Dative plána plánaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an plána na plánaí Genitive an phlána na bplánaí Dative leis an bplána don phlána leis na plánaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
plána	phlána	bplána
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “plána”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “plána”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “plána”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

plána

1. plan, design

Inflection

Even a-stem, no gradation
Nominative	plána
Genitive	plána
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	plána	plánat
Accusative	plána	plánaid
Genitive	plána	plánaid
Illative	plánii	plánaide
Locative	plánas	plánain
Comitative	plánain	plánaiguin
Essive	plánan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person plánan pláname plánamet 2nd person plánat plánade plánadet 3rd person plánas plánaska plánaset

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland