Páras
See also: Appendix:Variations of "paras"
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old French Paris, from Late Latin Lutetia Parisiorum (literally “Lutetia of the Parisii”), from Latin Parīsiī, a Gaulish tribe.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Páras m (genitive Pháras)
- Paris (the capital and largest city of France)
- 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 196:
- Do lean sé an captaen riamh agus choidhche nó gur bhain sé amach baile beag atá beagán slighe amach ó Pháras na Frainnce.
- He followed the captain continuously until he reached a small town some distance from Paris in France.
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| Páras | Pháras | bPáras |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- Entries containing “Páras” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “Páras” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.