plimpíl

Irish

Alternative forms

• plimpeáil
• plumpaíl

Etymology

Extended form of plimp.

Noun

plimpíl f (genitive singular plimpíola)

1. (act of) plumping, flopping; loud noise

Declension

Declension of plimpíl

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative plimpíl Vocative a phlimpíl Genitive plimpíola Dative plimpíl

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an phlimpíl Genitive na plimpíola Dative leis an bplimpíl don phlimpíl

Related terms

• plimp f (“plump, sudden fall; crash, bang”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
plimpíl	phlimpíl	bplimpíl
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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