prionnsa

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish prinnsa (compare Irish prionsa), ultimately from Latin princeps.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprʲũːn̪ˠsə/

Noun

prionnsa m (genitive singular prionnsa, plural prionnsan or prionnsachan)

1. prince

See also

• flath
• banfhlath
• rìgh
• banrigh
• bana-phrionnsa

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “prinnsa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language