pras

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pras"

Cornish

Adjective

pras

1. hard mutation of bras

Mutation

Mutation of pras

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
bras	vras	unchanged	pras	fras	vras

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pˠɾˠɑsˠ/, /pˠɾˠasˠ/

Adjective

pras (genitive singular masculine prais, genitive singular feminine praise, plural prasa, comparative praise)

1. quick, prompt

   Synonym: tapa

2. ready

Declension

Declension of pras

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	pras	phras	prasa; phrasa2
vocative	phrais		prasa
genitive		praise	prasa	pras
dative	pras; phras1	phras; phrais (archaic)	prasa; phrasa2
Comparative	níos praise
Superlative	is praise

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of pras

radical	lenition	eclipsis
pras	phras	bpras

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• “pras”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “pras”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 550
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “pras”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• pràs (pre-1990 spelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾas/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾas/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pɾaʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾaʃ/

• Hyphenation: pras

Contraction

pras f pl

1. (colloquial) contraction of pra +‎ as, literally “for/to the (feminine plural)”: feminine plural of pro