prísúnach

Middle Irish

Etymology

From prísún (“prison”) +‎ -ach.

Noun

prísúnach m

1. prisoner

Descendants

• Irish: príosúnach
• Manx: pryssoonagh
• Scottish Gaelic: prìosanach

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
prísúnach	phrísúnach	prísúnach pronounced with /b(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “prísúnach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language