príosún

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish prísún,[1] from Middle English prisoun, from Anglo-Norman prisoun. Cognate with Manx pryssoon and Scottish Gaelic prìosan.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /pʲɾʲiːˈsˠuːn̪ˠ/[2]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈpʲɾʲiːsˠuːnˠ/[3]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈpʲɾʲiːsˠunˠ/[4], /ˈpʲɾʲiːsˠən̪ˠ/[5]

Noun

príosún m (genitive singular príosúin, nominative plural príosúin)

  1. prison
    Synonym: carcair

Declension

Declension of príosún (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative príosún príosúin
vocative a phríosúin a phríosúna
genitive príosúin príosún
dative príosún príosúin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an príosún na príosúin
genitive an phríosúin na bpríosún
dative leis an bpríosún
don phríosún 		leis na príosúin

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of príosún
radical lenition eclipsis
príosún phríosún bpríosún

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “prísún”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000), Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 70, page 54
  3. ^ de Búrca, Seán (1958), The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 419, page 115
  4. ^ Hamilton, John Noel (1974), A Phonetic Study of the Irish of Tory Island, Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 3), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University Belfast, page 311
  5. ^ Lucas, Leslie W. (1979), Grammar of Ros Goill Irish Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 5), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, page 287

Further reading

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