pleidhce
Irish
Etymology
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Declension
Declension of pleidhce
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- pleidhce amadáin (“silly fool”)
- pleidhcíocht (“fooling; tomfoolery”)
- pleidhciúil (“silly, stupid”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| pleidhce | phleidhce | bpleidhce |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pleidhce”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- A Dictionary of Hiberno-English, Terence Patrick Dolan, Gill & Macmillan (2004), p. 178. →ISBN.
- Entries containing “pleidhce” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “pleidhce” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Pat Joe's efforts to preserve colourful Irish phrases Irish Independent, 2009-06-17.
- Ireland's best insults: Hey, you thundering amadán, if brains wer dynamite you wouldn't have enough to blow your nose! Irish Independent, 2010-11-20.
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