plaisteach

Irish

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpˠlˠaʃtʲəx/

Adjective

plaisteach (genitive singular masculine plaistigh, genitive singular feminine plaistí, plural plaisteacha, comparative plaistí)

  1. plastic

Declension
Declension of plaisteach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative plaisteach phlaisteach plaisteacha;
phlaisteacha²
Vocative phlaistigh plaisteacha
Genitive plaistí plaisteacha plaisteach
Dative plaisteach;
phlaisteach¹		 phlaisteach;
phlaistigh (archaic)		 plaisteacha;
phlaisteacha²
Comparative níos plaistí
Superlative is plaistí

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

Derived terms
  • mála plaisteach (“plastic bag”)

Noun

plaisteach m (genitive singular plaistigh, nominative plural plaistigh)

  1. plastic

Declension
Declension of plaisteach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative plaisteach plaistigh
Vocative a phlaistigh a phlaisteacha
Genitive plaistigh plaisteach
Dative plaisteach plaistigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an plaisteach na plaistigh
Genitive an phlaistigh na bplaisteach
Dative leis an bplaisteach

don phlaisteach

 leis na plaistigh

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
plaisteach phlaisteach bplaisteach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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