plimp

Irish

Alternative forms

• plump (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʲlʲɪmʲpʲ/

Noun

plimp f (genitive singular plimpe, nominative plural plimpeanna)

1. a sudden fall
2. crash, bang

Declension

Declension of plimp (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative plimp plimpeanna vocative a phlimp a phlimpeanna genitive plimpe plimpeanna dative plimp plimpeanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an phlimp na plimpeanna genitive na plimpe na bplimpeanna dative leis an bplimp don phlimp leis na plimpeanna

Related terms

• plimpíl

Mutation

Mutated forms of plimp

radical	lenition	eclipsis
plimp	phlimp	bplimp

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “plimp”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN