prúna

Irish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *prūna, feminine singular formed from the neutral plural of Latin prūnum, from Ancient Greek προῦνον (proûnon), variant of προῦμνον (proûmnon, “plum”), a loanword from a language of Asia Minor. Doublet of pluma.

Noun

prúna m (genitive singular prúna, nominative plural prúnaí)

  1. prune

Declension
Declension of prúna

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative prúna prúnaí
Vocative a phrúna a phrúnaí
Genitive prúna prúnaí
Dative prúna prúnaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an prúna na prúnaí
Genitive an phrúna na bprúnaí
Dative leis an bprúna

don phrúna

 leis na prúnaí

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
prúna phrúna bprúna
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “prúna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “prune”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2023
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