prionsa
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish prinnsa (compare Scottish Gaelic prionnsa), ultimately from Latin princeps.
Noun
[edit]prionsa m (genitive singular prionsa, nominative plural prionsaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of prionsa
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
[edit]- banphrionsa m (“princess”)
- prionsa leasrí m (“prince regent”)
- Prionsa na Breataine Bige m (“Prince of Wales”)
- prionsacht f (“principality”)
- prionsúil (“princely”, adjective)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| prionsa | phrionsa | bprionsa |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “prionsa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “prinnsa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language