plás

See also: Appendix:Variations of "plas"

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /pˠlˠɑːsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /pˠlˠæːsˠ/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman place (“open space”), from Latin platea (“plaza, wide street”), from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), shortening of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, “broad way”).

Noun

plás m (genitive singular pláis, nominative plural pláis)

1. a place (open space; group of houses)
2. a plaza

Declension

Declension of plás

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative plás pláis Vocative a phláis a phlása Genitive pláis plás Dative plás pláis

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an plás na pláis Genitive an phláis na bplás Dative leis an bplás don phlás leis na pláis

Derived terms

• dola-phlás
• plás dola
• plásán
• plásóg

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman plaise, from Late Latin platessa.

Noun

plás m (genitive singular pláis, nominative plural pláis)

1. plaice

Declension

Declension of plás

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative plás pláis Vocative a phláis a phlása Genitive pláis plás Dative plás pláis

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an plás na pláis Genitive an phláis na bplás Dative leis an bplás don phlás leis na pláis

Synonyms

• leathóg bhallach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
plás	phlás	bplás
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 plás”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “plás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “plás”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “plás”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024