Irish

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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pléasc f (genitive singular pléisce, nominative plural pléascanna)

  1. explosion, blast
  2. bang (sudden percussive noise)
    pléasc ghunnareport of gun, sound of gunfire
  3. crash (loud sound)
    pléasc thoirnía crash of thunder
  4. crack, pop (loud, sharp sound)

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Verb

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pléasc (present analytic pléascann, future analytic pléascfaidh, verbal noun pléascadh, past participle pléasctha) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. to burst ((cause to) break from internal pressure), explode, blow up, pop, go up
  2. to crack ((cause to) make a sharp sound), snap
  3. to bang (make sudden loud noises (on)), pop
    Bhí sí ag pléascadh an bhoird.
    She was banging the table.
  4. to crash ((cause to) collide)
  5. to blast, shatter

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
pléasc phléasc bpléasc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ pléasc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

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