Prúiseach

Irish

Etymology

From An Phrúis (“Prussia”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Prúiseach (genitive singular masculine Prúisigh, genitive singular feminine Prúisí, plural Prúiseacha, not comparable)

1. Prussian

Declension

Declension of Prúiseach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Prúiseach	Phrúiseach	Prúiseacha; Phrúiseacha2
vocative	Phrúisigh		Prúiseacha
genitive		Prúisí	Prúiseacha	Prúiseach
dative	Prúiseach; Phrúiseach1	Phrúiseach; Phrúisigh (archaic)	Prúiseacha; Phrúiseacha2
Comparative	níos Prúisí
Superlative	is Prúisí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

Prúiseach m (genitive singular Prúisigh, nominative plural Prúisigh)

1. Prussian

Declension

Declension of Prúiseach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Prúiseach Prúisigh vocative a Phrúisigh a Phrúiseacha genitive Prúisigh Prúiseach dative Prúiseach Prúisigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Prúiseach na Prúisigh genitive an Phrúisigh na bPrúiseach dative leis an bPrúiseach don Phrúiseach leis na Prúisigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Prúiseach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Prúiseach	Phrúiseach	bPrúiseach

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Prúiseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “Prussian”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Prúiseach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm