praiseach

See also: pràiseach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • braiseach, puirseach[1]

Etymology

From Old Irish praissech, from Latin brassica.[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /pˠəɾˠˈʃax/[3] (corresponding to the form puirseach)
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈpˠɾˠaʃəx/[4]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈpˠɾˠaʃa(x)/[5]

Noun

praiseach f (genitive singular praisí or praisce, nominative plural praiseacha)

  1. pottage; broth, porridge
  2. a mess
    Rinne mé praiseach ar fad de.
    I made a complete mess of it.
  3. kale or wild cabbage

Declension

Declension of praiseach (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative praiseach praiseacha
vocative a phraiseach a phraiseacha
genitive praisí praiseach
dative praiseach
praisigh (archaic, dialectal) 		praiseacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an phraiseach na praiseacha
genitive na praisí na bpraiseach
dative leis an bpraiseach
leis an bpraisigh (archaic, dialectal)
don phraiseach
don phraisigh (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na praiseacha
  • Alternative genitive singular: praisce

Derived terms

  • praiseach bhráthar f (“dog's mercury”)
  • praiseach bhuí f (“charlock, field mustard”)
  • praiseach chaindiach f (“candytuft”)
  • praiseach mhín f (“orache”)
  • praiseach phlúir f (“white sauce”)
  • praiseach thrá f (“sea-kale”)

See also

References

  1. ^ “praiseach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “praisech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 261, page 133
  4. ^ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 109, page 24
  5. ^ “praiseach”, in Irish Pronunciation Database, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

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