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)

1. Franciscan

Declension

Declension of Proinsiasach

	singular		plural (m/f)
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)

1. Franciscan

Declension

Declension of Proinsiasach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Proinsiasach Proinsiasaigh vocative a Phroinsiasaigh a Phroinsiasacha genitive Proinsiasaigh Proinsiasach dative Proinsiasach Proinsiasaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Proinsiasach na Proinsiasaigh genitive an Phroinsiasaigh na bProinsiasach dative leis an bProinsiasach don Phroinsiasach leis na Proinsiasaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Proinsiasach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Proinsiasach	Phroinsiasach	bProinsiasach

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