práiscín

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Appears to be from práisc (“mess; slovenly person”) +‎ -ín though the semantic connection is unclear. Perhaps alluding to the fact that an apron becomes messy as it is worn or that a slovenly person is in need of an apron.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈpˠɾˠaːʃciːnʲ/[1]

Noun

práiscín m (genitive singular práiscín, nominative plural práiscíní)

  1. coarse apron
    sreangáin práiscín ― apron strings

Declension

Declension of praíscín (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative praíscín praíscíní
vocative a phraíscín a phraíscíní
genitive praíscín praíscíní
dative praíscín praíscíní
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an praíscín na praíscíní
genitive an phraíscín na bpraíscíní
dative leis an bpraíscín
don phraíscín 		leis na praíscíní

Mutation

Mutated forms of práiscín
radical lenition eclipsis
práiscín phráiscín bpráiscín

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 360, page 123

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