prionsa

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish prinnsa (compare Scottish Gaelic prionnsa), ultimately from Latin princeps.

Noun

prionsa m (genitive singular prionsa, nominative plural prionsaí)

1. prince

Declension

Declension of prionsa (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative prionsa prionsaí vocative a phrionsa a phrionsaí genitive prionsa prionsaí dative prionsa prionsaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an prionsa na prionsaí genitive an phrionsa na bprionsaí dative leis an bprionsa don phrionsa leis na prionsaí

Derived terms

• banphrionsa m (“princess”)
• prionsa leasrí m (“prince regent”)
• Prionsa na Breataine Bige m (“Prince of Wales”)
• prionsacht f (“principality”)
• prionsúil (“princely”, adjective)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of prionsa

radical	lenition	eclipsis
prionsa	phrionsa	bprionsa

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) “prionsa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “prinnsa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language