pléisiúr
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Early Modern English pleasur, plesur, from Middle English plaisir (“pleasure”), from Old French plesir, plaisir (“to please”), from Latin placeō (“to please, to seem good”), from the Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-k- (“wide and flat”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster) IPA(key): /pʲlʲeːˈʃuːɾˠ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈpʲlʲeːʃuːɾˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈpʲlʲeːʃuɾˠ/
Noun edit
pléisiúr m (genitive singular pléisiúir, nominative plural pléisiúir)
Declension edit
Declension of pléisiúr
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
pléisiúr | phléisiúr | bpléisiúr |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- “pléisiúr”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “pléisiúr”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 546
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pléisiúr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN