pras

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pras"

Cornish

Adjective

pras

  1. hard mutation of bras

Mutation

Mutation of pras
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
bras vras unchanged pras fras vras

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

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pˠɾˠɑsˠ/[1], /pˠɾˠasˠ/

Adjective

pras (genitive singular masculine prais, genitive singular feminine praise, plural prasa, comparative praise)

  1. quick, prompt
    Synonym: tapa
  2. ready

Declension

Declension of pras
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative pras phras prasa;
phrasa2
vocative phrais prasa
genitive praise prasa pras
dative pras;
phras1 		phras;
phrais (archaic) 		prasa;
phrasa2
Comparative níos praise
Superlative is praise

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of pras
radical lenition eclipsis
pras phras bpras

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 14, page 10

Further reading

  • “pras”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “pras”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 550
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pras”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: pras

Contraction

pras f pl

  1. (colloquial) contraction of pra as (“for/to the (feminine plural)”): feminine plural of pro
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