prúna

Irish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *prūna, feminine singular formed from the neutral plural of Latin prūnum, from Ancient Greek προῦνον (proûnon), variant of προῦμνον (proûmnon, “plum”), a loanword from a language of Asia Minor. Doublet of pluma.

Noun

prúna m (genitive singular prúna, nominative plural prúnaí)

  1. prune

Declension

Declension of prúna (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative prúna prúnaí
vocative a phrúna a phrúnaí
genitive prúna prúnaí
dative prúna prúnaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an prúna na prúnaí
genitive an phrúna na bprúnaí
dative leis an bprúna
don phrúna 		leis na prúnaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of prúna
radical lenition eclipsis
prúna phrúna bprúna

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) “prúna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “prune”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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