plúrach

Irish

Etymology

From plúr (“flour; flower”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

plúrach (genitive singular masculine plúraigh, genitive singular feminine plúraí, plural plúracha, comparative plúraí)

  1. floury, farinaceous
    Synonym: plúrmhar
  2. flower-like, pretty
    Synonym: plúrmhar
  3. (chemistry) efflorescent
    Synonym: plúrmhar

Declension

Declension of plúrach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative plúrach phlúrach plúracha;
phlúracha2
vocative phlúraigh plúracha
genitive plúraí plúracha plúrach
dative plúrach;
phlúrach1 		phlúrach;
phlúraigh (archaic) 		plúracha;
phlúracha2
Comparative níos plúraí
Superlative is plúraí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of plúrach
radical lenition eclipsis
plúrach phlúrach bplúrach

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

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