plá in Irish

IPA: /pˠlˠaːj/ [Ulster] (note: corresponding to pláigh) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Old Irish plág, from Latin plāga. Cognate with Manx plaih and Scottish Gaelic plàigh. Etymology templates: {{der|ga|sga|plág}} Old Irish plág, {{der|ga|la|plāga}} Latin plāga, {{cog|gv|plaih}} Manx plaih, {{cog|gd|plàigh}} Scottish Gaelic plàigh Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular as substantive|plá|||||genitive as verbal noun|pláite|nominative plural|plánna|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|var=}} plá f (genitive singular as substantive plá, genitive as verbal noun pláite, nominative plural plánna), {{ga-noun|f|~|~nna|vngen=pláite}} plá f (genitive singular as substantive plá, genitive as verbal noun pláite, nominative plural plánna) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: plá [genitive, singular, substantive], as verbal noun pláite [genitive], plánna [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an phlá [definite, nominative, singular], na plánna [definite, nominative, plural], na plá [definite, genitive, singular], na bplánna [definite, genitive, plural], leis an bplá [dative, definite, singular], don phlá [dative, definite, singular], leis na plánna [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], plá [error-unrecognized-form], phlá [lenition], bplá [eclipsis], pláigh [alternative], plágha [alternative], pláighe [alternative], plághadh [alternative, noun-from-verb]

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "pláúil"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "plág"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish plág",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "plāga"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin plāga",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gv",
        "2": "plaih"
      },
      "expansion": "Manx plaih",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "plàigh"
      },
      "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic plàigh",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish plág, from Latin plāga. Cognate with Manx plaih and Scottish Gaelic plàigh.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "plá",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "as verbal noun pláite",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plánna",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an phlá",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na plánna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na plá",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na bplánna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an bplá",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don phlá",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na plánna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "form": "plá",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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      "form": "phlá",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bplá",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pláigh",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plágha",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pláighe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plághadh",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "12": "plánna",
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        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular as substantive",
        "4": "plá",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive as verbal noun",
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        "f4request": "1",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "plá f (genitive singular as substantive plá, genitive as verbal noun pláite, nominative plural plánna)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "~",
        "3": "~nna",
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      },
      "expansion": "plá f (genitive singular as substantive plá, genitive as verbal noun pláite, nominative plural plánna)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
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      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "_dis": "79 10 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "_dis": "46 25 29",
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          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Diseases",
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        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "to plague, pester",
          "word": "pláigh"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "verbal noun of pláigh (“to plague, pester”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-plá-ga-noun-6xKcp2Km",
      "links": [
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          "pláigh",
          "pláigh#Irish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "form-of",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "plague"
      ],
      "id": "en-plá-ga-noun-KvPexLJp",
      "links": [
        [
          "plague",
          "plague"
        ]
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      "qualifier": "literal and figurative",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literal and figurative) plague"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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          "name": "Irish terms with collocations",
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          "source": "w"
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          "english": "pestilence and famine",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "plá is gorta",
          "translation": "pestilence and famine",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "pestilence"
      ],
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          "pestilence",
          "pestilence"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pˠlˠaːj/",
      "note": "corresponding to pláigh",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "aicíd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "plá"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Irish feminine nouns",
    "Irish fourth-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Latin",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ga:Diseases"
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    {
      "word": "pláúil"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "3": "plág"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "plāga"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin plāga",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gv",
        "2": "plaih"
      },
      "expansion": "Manx plaih",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "plàigh"
      },
      "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic plàigh",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish plág, from Latin plāga. Cognate with Manx plaih and Scottish Gaelic plàigh.",
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    {
      "form": "plá",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "as verbal noun pláite",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plánna",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an phlá",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na plánna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na plá",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na bplánna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an bplá",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don phlá",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na plánna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "table-tags"
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      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plá",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "phlá",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bplá",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pláigh",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plágha",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pláighe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plághadh",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    }
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        "9": "genitive as verbal noun",
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        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "plá f (genitive singular as substantive plá, genitive as verbal noun pláite, nominative plural plánna)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "~",
        "3": "~nna",
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      "expansion": "plá f (genitive singular as substantive plá, genitive as verbal noun pláite, nominative plural plánna)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
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  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
        "Irish verbal nouns"
      ],
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          "extra": "to plague, pester",
          "word": "pláigh"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "verbal noun of pláigh (“to plague, pester”)"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "pláigh",
          "pláigh#Irish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "form-of",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "plague"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "plague",
          "plague"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "literal and figurative",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literal and figurative) plague"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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        "Irish terms with collocations"
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          "english": "pestilence and famine",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "plá is gorta",
          "translation": "pestilence and famine",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pestilence"
      ],
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        [
          "pestilence",
          "pestilence"
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/pˠlˠaːj/",
      "note": "corresponding to pláigh",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "aicíd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "plá"
}

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "plá"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "plá",
  "trace": ""
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  "section": "Irish",
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"plá" meaning in Irish

Noun