platónach

See also: Platónach

Irish

Etymology

From Platónach (Platonic) (relating to Plato and his successors), from Platón (Plato) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

platónach (genitive singular masculine platónaigh, genitive singular feminine platónaí, plural platónacha, comparative platónaí)

  1. platonic (neither sexual nor romantic in nature)

Declension

Declension of platónach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative platónach phlatónach platónacha;
phlatónacha2
vocative phlatónaigh platónacha
genitive platónaí platónacha platónach
dative platónach;
phlatónach1
phlatónach;
phlatónaigh (archaic)
platónacha;
phlatónacha2
Comparative níos platónaí
Superlative is platónaí

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 platónach
radical lenition eclipsis
platónach phlatónach bplatónach

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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