pléasc
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]pléasc f (genitive singular pléisce, nominative plural pléascanna)
- explosion, blast
- bang (sudden percussive noise)
- pléasc ghunna ― report of gun, sound of gunfire
- crash (loud sound)
- pléasc thoirní ― a crash of thunder
- crack, pop (loud, sharp sound)
Declension
[edit]Declension of pléasc
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
[edit]Verb
[edit]pléasc (present analytic pléascann, future analytic pléascfaidh, verbal noun pléascadh, past participle pléasctha) (transitive, intransitive)
- to burst ((cause to) break from internal pressure), explode, blow up, pop, go up
- to crack ((cause to) make a sharp sound), snap
- to bang (make sudden loud noises (on)), pop
- Bhí sí ag pléascadh an bhoird.
- She was banging the table.
- to crash ((cause to) collide)
- to blast, shatter
Conjugation
[edit]conjugation of pléasc (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
pléasc | phléasc | bpléasc |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “pléasc”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 545
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “pléascaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 545
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pléasc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN