plánach
Irish
Etymology
From plána (“flat surface, plane”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
plánach (genitive singular masculine plánaigh, genitive singular feminine plánaí, plural plánacha, comparative plánaí)
- plane, planar
Declension
Declension of plánach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | plánach | phlánach | plánacha; phlánacha² | |
| Vocative | phlánaigh | plánacha | ||
| Genitive | plánaí | plánacha | plánach | |
| Dative | plánach; phlánach¹ | phlánach; phlánaigh (archaic) | plánacha; phlánacha² | |
| Comparative | níos plánaí | |||
| Superlative | is plánaí | |||
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
- péist phlánach (“flatworm”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| plánach | phlánach | bplánach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "plánach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.