prionnsa

Irish

Noun

prionnsa m (genitive singular prionnsa, nominative plural prionnsaí)

  1. superseded spelling of prionsa (“prince”)

Declension

Declension of prionnsa (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative prionnsa prionnsaí
vocative a phrionnsa a phrionnsaí
genitive prionnsa prionnsaí
dative prionnsa prionnsaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an prionnsa na prionnsaí
genitive an phrionnsa na bprionnsaí
dative leis an bprionnsa
don phrionnsa 		leis na prionnsaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of prionnsa
radical lenition eclipsis
prionnsa phrionnsa bprionnsa

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish prinnsa[1] (compare Irish prionsa), ultimately from Latin princeps.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpʰrʲũːn̪ˠs̪ə/
  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /pʰðɔ̃ũs̪/[2]

Noun

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

  1. prince

See also

Mutation

Mutation of prionnsa
radical lenition
prionnsa phrionnsa

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “prinnsa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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