Páras

See also: Appendix:Variations of "paras"

Irish

Etymology

From Old French Paris, from Late Latin Lutetia Parisiorum (literally “Lutetia of the Parisii”), from Latin Parīsiī, a Gaulish tribe.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠɑːɾˠəsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠæːɾˠəsˠ/

Proper noun

Páras m (genitive Pháras)

1. 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

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

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Páras”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Páras”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024