Páras

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Irish

Etymology

From Old French Paris, from Late Latin Lutetia Parisiorum (literally Lutetia of the Parisii), from Latin Parīsiī, a Gaulish tribe.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Páras m (genitive Pháras)

  1. Paris (the capital and largest city of France)
    • 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.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Páras Pháras bPáras
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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