prísún
See also: prisun
Middle Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle English prisoun, from Anglo-Norman prisun, prisoun, from Latin prehensiō (“seizing, apprehending, arresting, capturing”).
Noun
prísún m
- prison
Derived terms
- prísúnach
Descendants
- Irish: príosún
- Manx: pryssoon
- Scottish Gaelic: prìosan