plé

See also: ple, PLE, and -ple

Irish

Alternative forms

  • pléidhe[1] (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish plé, pléidh, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman plai (“lawsuit”), from Medieval Latin placitum (“a decree, sentence, suit, plea, etc.”), Latin placitum (“an opinion, determination, prescription, order; literally, that which is pleasing, pleasure”), neuter of placitus, past participle of placeō (“I please”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʲlʲeː/

Noun

plé m (genitive singular plé)

  1. discussion, dealings
  2. verbal noun of pléigh

Declension

Verb

plé

  1. present subjunctive analytic of pléigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
plé phlé bplé
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ↑ “pléiḋe” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.

Further reading

  • “plé(idh)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • "plé" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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