Frainc

Irish

Alternative forms

• Frainnc (superseded)

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /fˠɾˠaiɲc/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /fˠɾˠæɲc/

Etymology 1

From Latin Francia.

Proper noun

An Fhrainc f (genitive na Fraince)

1. France (a country in Western Europe)
   • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 196:

     Do lean sé an captaen riamh agus choidhche nó gur bhain sé amach baile beag atá beagán slighe amach ó Pháras na Frainnce.

     He followed the captain continuously until he reached a small town some distance from Paris in France.

     (literally, “…Paris of France”)

Usage notes

• Always preceded by the definite article.

Declension

Declension of Frainc (second declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative Frainc vocative a Fhrainc genitive Fraince dative Frainc forms with the definite article singular nominative an Fhrainc genitive na Fraince dative leis an bhFrainc don Fhrainc

Derived terms

• Alpa na Fraince
• Fraincis
• Francach
• Guáin na Fraince
• Léigiún Coigríochach na Fraince
• Poblacht na Fraince
• Polainéis na Fraince
• Réabhlóid na Fraince

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Frainc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Frainc”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Frainc”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Frainc, Fraingc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “Frainnc”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 333

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

Frainc m

1. inflection of Franc (“Frank”):
   1. vocative/genitive singular
   2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

Mutated forms of Frainc

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Frainc	Fhrainc	bhFrainc

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