prionnsa

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish prinnsa[1] (compare Irish prionsa), ultimately from Latin princeps.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpʰrʲũːn̪ˠs̪ə/
  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /pʰðɔ̃ũs̪/[2]

Noun

prionnsa m (genitive singular prionnsa, plural prionnsan or prionnsachan)

  1. prince

See also

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “prinnsa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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