pleidhce

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

pleidhce m (genitive singular pleidhce, nominative plural pleidhcí)

1. flake; fleecy tuft
2. (derogatory) simpleton, fool

   Synonym: amadán

Declension

Declension of pleidhce (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative pleidhce pleidhcí vocative a phleidhce a phleidhcí genitive pleidhce pleidhcí dative pleidhce pleidhcí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an pleidhce na pleidhcí genitive an phleidhce na bpleidhcí dative leis an bpleidhce don phleidhce leis na pleidhcí

Derived terms

• pleidhce amadáin (“silly fool”)
• pleidhcíocht (“fooling; tomfoolery”)
• pleidhciúil (“silly, stupid”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of pleidhce

radical	lenition	eclipsis
pleidhce	phleidhce	bpleidhce

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

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.
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “pleidhce”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “pleidhce”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• 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.