proinnteach

Irish

Etymology

From proinn (“meal”) +‎ teach (“house”).

Noun

proinnteach m (genitive singular proinntí, nominative plural proinntithe)

1. dining-hall, refectory, canteen

Declension

Declension of proinnteach

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative proinnteach proinntithe Vocative a phroinnteach a phroinntithe Genitive proinntí proinntithe Dative proinnteach proinntigh (in certain phrases) proinntithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an proinnteach na proinntithe Genitive an phroinntí na bproinntithe Dative leis an bproinnteach don phroinnteach leis na proinntithe

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
proinnteach	phroinnteach	bproinnteach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “proinnteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “proinnteach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “proinnteach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024