pláta

See also: plata, platã, platā, plată, and platå

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French plate, from Medieval Latin plata, from Vulgar Latin *plat(t)us, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “broad, flat, wide”).

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠlˠɑːt̪ˠə/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠlˠæːt̪ˠə/

Noun

pláta m (genitive singular pláta, nominative plural plátaí)

(printing, photography, publishing, dentistry, cooking) plate

Declension

Declension of pláta

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pláta	plátaí
Vocative	a phláta	a phlátaí
Genitive	pláta	plátaí
Dative	pláta	plátaí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an pláta	na plátaí
Genitive	an phláta	na bplátaí
Dative	leis an bpláta don phláta	leis na plátaí

Derived terms

pláta mór m (“dinnerplate”)
pláta beag m (“side plate”)
plátáil (“plate”, verb)
uchtphláta m (“breastplate”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
pláta	phláta	bpláta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

“pláta” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
"pláta" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Entries containing “pláta” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “pláta” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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