pleorach

Irish

Etymology

From pleora (“pleura”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

pleorach (genitive singular masculine pleoraigh, genitive singular feminine pleoraí, plural pleoracha, not comparable)

1. pleural

Declension

Declension of pleorach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	pleorach	phleorach	pleoracha; phleoracha²
Vocative	phleoraigh		pleoracha
Genitive		pleoraí	pleoracha	pleorach
Dative	pleorach; phleorach¹	phleorach; phleoraigh (archaic)	pleoracha; phleoracha²
Comparative	níos pleoraí
Superlative	is pleoraí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Related terms

• pleora(i)- (“pleur(o)-”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
pleorach	phleorach	bpleorach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pleorach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN