praiseach

See also: pràiseach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish praisech, from Latin brassica.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /pˠɾˠəˈʃax/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠɾˠaʃəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠɾˠaʃa(h)/

Noun

praiseach f (genitive singular praisí or praisce, nominative plural praiseacha)

1. pottage; broth, porridge
2. a mess

   Rinne mé praiseach ar fad de. ― I made a complete mess of it.

3. kale or wild cabbage

Declension

Declension of praiseach

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative praiseach praiseacha Vocative a phraiseach a phraiseacha Genitive praisí praiseacha Dative praiseach praiseacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an phraiseach na praiseacha Genitive na praisí na bpraiseacha Dative leis an bpraiseach don phraiseach leis na praiseacha

Derived terms

• praiseach bhráthar f (“dog's mercury”)
• praiseach bhuí f (“charlock, field mustard”)
• praiseach chaindiach f (“candytuft”)
• praiseach mhín f (“orache”)
• praiseach phlúir f (“white sauce”)
• praiseach thrá f (“sea-kale”)

 

See also

• práisc (“mess”)

Further reading

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