práinneach
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈpˠɾˠaːjin̠ʲa(x)/[1] (corresponding to the form práidhinneach)
Adjective
[edit]práinneach (genitive singular masculine práinnigh, genitive singular feminine práinní, plural práinneacha, comparative práinní)
Declension
[edit]Declension of práinneach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | práinneach | phráinneach | práinneacha; phráinneacha² | |
| Vocative | phráinnigh | práinneacha | ||
| Genitive | práinní | práinneacha | práinneach | |
| Dative | práinneach; phráinneach¹ |
phráinneach; phráinnigh (archaic) |
práinneacha; phráinneacha² | |
| Comparative | níos práinní | |||
| Superlative | is práinní | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| práinneach | phráinneach | bpráinneach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 72
Further reading
[edit]- “práinneach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “práidhinnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “práiḋneaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 550
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “práinneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN