plás

See also: plas

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman place (“open space”), from Latin platea (“plaza, wide street”), from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), shortening of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, “broad way”).

Noun

plás m (genitive singular pláis, nominative plural pláis)

  1. a place (open space; group of houses)
  2. a plaza
Declension
Declension of plás

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative plás pláis
Vocative a phláis a phlása
Genitive pláis plás
Dative plás pláis

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an plás na pláis
Genitive an phláis na bplás
Dative leis an bplás

don phlás

 leis na pláis
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman plaise, from Late Latin platessa.

Noun

plás m (genitive singular pláis, nominative plural pláis)

  1. plaice
Declension
Declension of plás

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative plás pláis
Vocative a phláis a phlása
Genitive pláis plás
Dative plás pláis

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an plás na pláis
Genitive an phláis na bplás
Dative leis an bplás

don phlás

 leis na pláis
Synonyms

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

Further reading
  • “1 plás” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • "plás" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “plás” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “plás” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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