pléasc

Irish

Alternative forms

  • bléasc
  • pléasg, pleusc, pleusg (obsolete)[1]

Noun

pléasc f (genitive singular pléisce, nominative plural pléascanna)

  1. explosion, blast
  2. bang (sudden percussive noise)
    pléasc ghunna ― report of gun, sound of gunfire
  3. crash (loud sound)
    pléasc thoirní ― a crash of thunder
  4. crack, pop (loud, sharp sound)

Declension

Declension of pléasc (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative pléasc pléascanna
vocative a phléasc a phléascanna
genitive pléisce pléascanna
dative pléasc
pléisc (archaic, dialectal) 		pléascanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an phléasc na pléascanna
genitive na pléisce na bpléascanna
dative leis an bpléasc
leis an bpléisc (archaic, dialectal)
don phléasc
don phléisc (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na pléascanna

Derived terms

  • de phléasc
  • ollphléasc
  • pléascach
  • pléascaire
  • pléascán
  • pléascánta
  • pléascarnach
  • pléascóg
  • pléascóir
  • troimpléasc

Verb

pléasc (present analytic pléascann, future analytic pléascfaidh, verbal noun pléascadh, past participle pléasctha) (ambitransitive)

  1. to burst ((cause to) break from internal pressure), explode, blow up, pop, go up
  2. to crack ((cause to) make a sharp sound), snap
  3. to bang (make sudden loud noises (on)), pop
    Bhí sí ag pléascadh an bhoird.
    She was banging the table.
  4. to crash ((cause to) collide)
  5. to blast, shatter

Conjugation

Conjugation of pléasc (first conjugation – A)
indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present pléascaim pléascann tú;
pléascair† 		pléascann sé, sí pléascaimid; pléascann muid pléascann sibh pléascann siad;
pléascaid† 		a phléascann; a phléascas pléasctar
past phléasc mé; phléascas phléasc tú; phléascais phléasc sé, sí phléascamar; phléasc muid phléasc sibh; phléascabhair phléasc siad; phléascadar a phléasc pléascadh
past habitual phléascainn /
pléascainn‡ 		phléasctá /
pléasctᇠ		phléascadh sé, sí /
pléascadh sé, sí‡ 		phléascaimis; phléascadh muid /
pléascaimis‡; pléascadh muid‡ 		phléascadh sibh /
pléascadh sibh‡ 		phléascaidís; phléascadh siad /
pléascaidís‡; pléascadh siad‡ 		a phléascadh phléasctaí /
pléasctaí‡
singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
future pléascfaidh mé;
pléascfad 		pléascfaidh tú;
pléascfair† 		pléascfaidh sé, sí pléascfaimid;
pléascfaidh muid 		pléascfaidh sibh pléascfaidh siad;
pléascfaid† 		a phléascfaidh; a phléascfas pléascfar
conditional phléascfainn /
pléascfainn‡ 		phléascfá /
pléascfᇠ		phléascfadh sé, sí /
pléascfadh sé, sí‡ 		phléascfaimis; phléascfadh muid /
pléascfaimis‡; pléascfadh muid‡ 		phléascfadh sibh /
pléascfadh sibh‡ 		phléascfaidís; phléascfadh siad /
pléascfaidís‡; pléascfadh siad‡ 		a phléascfadh phléascfaí /
pléascfaí‡
subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present go bpléasca mé;
go bpléascad† 		go bpléasca tú;
go bpléascair† 		go bpléasca sé, sí go bpléascaimid;
go bpléasca muid 		go bpléasca sibh go bpléasca siad;
go bpléascaid† 		— go bpléasctar
past dá bpléascainn dá bpléasctá dá bpléascadh sé, sí dá bpléascaimis;
dá bpléascadh muid 		dá bpléascadh sibh dá bpléascaidís;
dá bpléascadh siad 		— dá bpléasctaí
imperative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
— pléascaim pléasc pléascadh sé, sí pléascaimis pléascaigí;
pléascaidh† 		pléascaidís — pléasctar
past participle pléasctha
verbal noun pléascadh

† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form

Derived terms

  • neamhphléasctha

Mutation

Mutated forms of pléasc
radical lenition eclipsis
pléasc phléasc bpléasc

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

References

  1. ^ “pléasc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Further reading

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