pláta

See also: plata, platã, platā, plată, platå, pląta, and płata

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French plate, from Medieval Latin plata, from Vulgar Latin *plat(t)us, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “broad, flat, wide”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠlˠɑːt̪ˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠlˠæːt̪ˠə/

Noun

pláta m (genitive singular pláta, nominative plural plátaí)

1. (printing, photography, publishing, dentistry, cooking) plate

Declension

Declension of pláta

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative pláta plátaí Vocative a phláta a phlátaí Genitive pláta plátaí Dative pláta plátaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an pláta na plátaí Genitive an phláta na bplátaí Dative leis an bpláta don phláta leis na plátaí

Derived terms

• pláta mór m (“dinnerplate”)
• pláta beag m (“side plate”)
• plátáil (“plate”, verb)
• uchtphláta m (“breastplate”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
pláta	phláta	bpláta
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), “pláta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pláta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “pláta”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “pláta”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024