proinn

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish proind, borrowed from Latin prandium.

Pronunciation

• (Cork) IPA^(key): /pˠɾˠiːŋʲ/

Noun

proinn f (genitive singular proinne, nominative plural proinnte)

1. meal

   Synonyms: béile, séire

2. buffet

   Synonym: buifé

Declension

Declension of proinn (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative proinn proinnte vocative a phroinn a phroinnte genitive proinne proinnte dative proinn proinnte forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an phroinn na proinnte genitive na proinne na bproinnte dative leis an bproinn don phroinn leis na proinnte

Derived terms

• céadphroinn f (“breakfast”)
• iarphroinne (“postprandial”, adjective)
• proinnseomra m (“dining-room”)
• proinnteach m (“dining-hall, refectory”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of proinn

radical	lenition	eclipsis
proinn	phroinn	bproinn

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “proinn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “proind, (proinn)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “proinn”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “proinn”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025