práinneach

Irish

Alternative forms

• prádhaineach, práidhineach, práidhinneach, práidhneach

Etymology

From práinn +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠɾˠaːjin̠ʲa(x)/ (corresponding to the form práidhinneach)

Adjective

práinneach (genitive singular masculine práinnigh, genitive singular feminine práinní, plural práinneacha, comparative práinní)

1. urgent, pressing, immediate, imperious, instant, exigent
2. devoted (+ i or as (“to”))

   Synonyms: tugtha, doirte

Declension

Declension of práinneach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	práinneach	phráinneach	práinneacha; phráinneacha²
Vocative	phráinnigh		práinneacha
Genitive		práinní	práinneacha	práinneach
Dative	práinneach; phráinneach¹	phráinneach; phráinnigh (archaic)	práinneacha; phráinneacha²
Comparative	níos práinní
Superlative	is práinní

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
práinneach	phráinneach	bpráinneach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “práinneach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “práidhinnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “práiḋneaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 550
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “práinneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN