Fraincis

Irish

Etymology

From an Fhrainc (“France”) +‎ -is (“-ish, -ese”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfˠɾˠaɲcɪʃ/
  • (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈfˠɾˠæɲcɪʃ/[1]

Proper noun

Fraincis f (genitive Fraincise)

  1. the French language

Declension

Declension of Fraincis (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative Fraincis
vocative a Fhraincis
genitive Fraincise
dative Fraincis
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an Fhraincis
genitive na Fraincise
dative leis an bhFraincis
don Fhraincis

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of Fraincis
radical lenition eclipsis
Fraincis Fhraincis bhFraincis

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 115

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