pláinéad

Irish

Borrowed from Latin planēta, from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs), variant of πλάνης (plánēs, “wanderer, planet”).

(Munster) IPA^(key): /pˠl̪ˠɑːˈnʲeːd̪ˠ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠlˠɑːnʲeːd̪ˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠlˠaːhnʲædʲ/^[1] (corresponding to the form pláinéid, as if spelled pláithneáid)

pláinéad m (genitive singular pláinéid, nominative plural pláinéid)

Declension of pláinéad (first declension)

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an pláinéad	na pláinéid
genitive	an phláinéid	na bpláinéad
dative	leis an bpláinéad don phláinéad	leis na pláinéid

Mutated forms of *pláinéad*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
pláinéad	phláinéad	bpláinéad

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 79, page 33

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “plainét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pláinéad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “pláinéad”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“pláinéad”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025