Irish
Etymology
From proinn (“meal”) + teach (“house”).
Noun
proinnteach m (genitive singular proinntí, nominative plural proinntithe)
- dining-hall, refectory, canteen
Declension
Declension of proinnteach (second declension)
bare forms
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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proinnteach
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proinntithe
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vocative
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a phroinnteach
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a phroinntithe
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genitive
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proinntí
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proinntithe
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dative
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proinnteach proinntigh (in certain phrases)
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proinntithe
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Mutation
Mutated forms of proinnteach
radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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proinnteach
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phroinnteach
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bproinnteach
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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) “proinnteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “proinnteach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “proinnteach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025