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Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin Francia.
Proper noun
An Fhrainc f (genitive na Fraince)
- France (a country in Western Europe)
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.
- (literally, “…Paris of France”)
Usage notes
- Always preceded by the definite article.
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Frainc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Frainc”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “Frainc”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Frainc, Fraingc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “Frainnc”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 333
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
Frainc m
- inflection of Franc (“Frank”):
- vocative/genitive singular
- nominative/dative plural
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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Frainc
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Fhrainc
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bhFrainc
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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