praï

See also: prai

Norman

Alternative forms

• pré (Guernsey)
• pret (Sark)

Etymology

From Latin prātum.

Noun

praï m (plural praïs)

1. (Guernsey) meadow
   • 1883, Denys Corbet, ‘Le R'nouvé’, Patois Poems of the Channel Islands:

     Et l'vier boeu', fier d'être sàns joug ou bougue, / Cuche avau l'praï [...].

     And the old ox, happy to be free of yoke and harness, runs to the meadow.

   • 2006, Marie de Garis, “Enne p'tite ôlure”, in P'tites Lures Guernésiaises, Cromwell Press, published 2006, page 26:

     I v'nait d'mé téléphonaïr qu'a s'était défitchie d'sa terraïe dans lé praï et si j'y aigu'rais à la trachier.

     He has just telephoned me to say that she has broken loose from where she was grazing in the meadow and would I help him look for her.