Proinsiasach
Irish
Alternative forms
- Froinsiasach, Froinsiascánach
Etymology
From Proinsias (“Francis”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
Proinsiasach (genitive singular masculine Proinsiasaigh, genitive singular feminine Proinsiasaí, plural Proinsiasacha, not comparable)
- Franciscan
Declension
Declension of Proinsiasach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | Proinsiasach | Phroinsiasach | Proinsiasacha; Phroinsiasacha² | |
Vocative | Phroinsiasaigh | Proinsiasacha | ||
Genitive | Proinsiasaí | Proinsiasacha | Proinsiasach | |
Dative | Proinsiasach; Phroinsiasach¹ | Phroinsiasach; Phroinsiasaigh (archaic) | Proinsiasacha; Phroinsiasacha² | |
Comparative | níos Proinsiasaí | |||
Superlative | is Proinsiasaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
Proinsiasach m (genitive singular Proinsiasaigh, nominative plural Proinsiasaigh)
- Franciscan
Declension
Declension of Proinsiasach
First declension
Bare forms:
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Proinsiasach | Phroinsiasach | bProinsiasach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “Proinsiasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “Proinsiasach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “Proinsiasach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.