From Proinsias (“Francis”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Proinsiasach (genitive singular masculine Proinsiasaigh, genitive singular feminine Proinsiasaí, plural Proinsiasacha, not comparable)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | Proinsiasach | Phroinsiasach | Proinsiasacha; Phroinsiasacha2 | |
vocative | Phroinsiasaigh | Proinsiasacha | ||
genitive | Proinsiasaí | Proinsiasacha | Proinsiasach | |
dative | Proinsiasach; Phroinsiasach1 |
Phroinsiasach; Phroinsiasaigh (archaic) |
Proinsiasacha; Phroinsiasacha2 | |
Comparative | níos Proinsiasaí | |||
Superlative | is Proinsiasaí |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Proinsiasach m (genitive singular Proinsiasaigh, nominative plural Proinsiasaigh)
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radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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Proinsiasach | Phroinsiasach | bProinsiasach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.