profa

See also: prófa

Irish

Etymology 1

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Noun

profa m (genitive singular profa, nominative plural profaí)

1. (typography, printing, engraving) proof
2. (of alcohol) proof strength

Declension

Declension of profa

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative profa profaí Vocative a phrofa a phrofaí Genitive profa profaí Dative profa profaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an profa na profaí Genitive an phrofa na bprofaí Dative leis an bprofa don phrofa leis na profaí

Derived terms

• binse profa m (“test-bench”)
• binse profa m (“test-bench”)
• faoi bhun profa (“under proof”)
• léamh profaí m (“proof-reading”)
• léitheoir profaí m (“proof-reader”)
• profaigh (“proof”, verb)

 

Etymology 2

From Old Irish promthae, past participle of promaid (“making trial of, testing, proving”).

Participle

profa

1. past participle of promh (“prove, test”)

Derived terms

• profach (“probative”) (of evidence)

Noun

profa m

1. genitive singular of promhadh (as a verbal noun)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
profa	phrofa	bprofa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “profa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “promthae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language