prionsacht

Irish

Etymology

From prionsa (“prince”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

prionsacht f (genitive singular prionsachta, nominative plural prionsachtaí)

1. principality

Declension

Declension of prionsacht (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative prionsacht prionsachtaí vocative a phrionsacht a phrionsachtaí genitive prionsachta prionsachtaí dative prionsacht prionsachtaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an phrionsacht na prionsachtaí genitive na prionsachta na bprionsachtaí dative leis an bprionsacht don phrionsacht leis na prionsachtaí

Derived terms

• Prionsacht Andóra f (“the Principality of Andorra”)
• Prionsacht Lichtinstéin f (“the Principality of Liechtenstein”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of prionsacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
prionsacht	phrionsacht	bprionsacht

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) “prionsacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “principality”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “prionsacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm