práta
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prátaí
Faroese
Verb
práta (third person singular past indicative prátaði, third person plural past indicative prátað, supine prátað)
Conjugation
| Conjugation of práta (group v-30) | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | práta | |
| supine | prátað | |
| participle (a6)1 | prátandi | prátaður |
| present | past | |
| first singular | práti | prátaði |
| second singular | prátar | prátaði |
| third singular | prátar | prátaði |
| plural | práta | prátaðu |
| imperative | ||
| singular | práta! | |
| plural | prátið! | |
| 1Only the past participle being declined. | ||
Related terms
See also
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Spanish patata, from Taíno batata.
Pronunciation
Noun
práta m (genitive singular práta, nominative plural prátaí)
Declension
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- Superseded nominative plural: prátaidhe
Derived terms
- arán prátaí (“potato cake”)
- báinseog phrátaí (“patch of potatoes in bloom”)
- bia an phráta (“potato except peel”)
- bogáin phrátaí
- brioscáin phrátaí (“potato crisps, potato chips”)
- broc prátaí (“small, discarded, potatoes”)
- cailleach phráta (“shrivelled potato; old seed-potato”)
- caldair phrátaí (“large potatoes”)
- caochán práta (“eyeless potato”)
- cnaiste práta
- cnámhóg phráta (“remnant of potato”)
- cnapán práta
- cosamar prátaí
- craicne prátaí (“potato peelings”)
- crann práta (“stalk of potato”)
- cruit phrátaí (“stolen bag of potatoes”)
- cúil phrátaí (“stored heap of potatoes”)
- dingeacha práta
- dradairníní prátaí (“tiny, worthless, potatoes”)
- fadhbán práta
- fear prátaí (“potato-grower, -dealer; potato-inspector”)
- gaimbíní práta (“potato wedges”)
- garraí prátaí (“potato patch”)
- gas prátaí (“stalk of potatoes”)
- gealach phráta (“white outer ring of boiled potato”)
- gillín práta (“large potato”)
- gruán práta (“lumpy potato”)
- iomaire prátaí (“ridge of potatoes”)
- luspairt phrátaí (“small worthless potatoes”)
- mionrach phrátaí (“undersized, rejected, potatoes”)
- póirín práta (“small potato”)
- poll prátaí (“(clamped) potato-pit”)
- pór prátaí (“potato-seed”)
- práta bácáilte (“baked potato, jacket potato”)
- práta bruite (“boiled potato”)
- práta casta (“wrinkled potato”)
- práta clutharacháin
- práta cruinn (“whole, unmashed, potato”)
- práta fabhtach (“hollow potato”)
- práta garbh (“large, lumpy, potato”)
- práta gréine
- práta lucharacháin (“pignut”)
- práta odhar (“potato that has been exposed to sunlight”)
- práta pocáin
- práta póir
- práta seaca (“frost-bitten potato”)
- práta seaca (“potato that has been exposed to frost”)
- práta Spáinneach
- prátaí céadfhómhair (“early(-harvested) potatoes”)
- prátaí cnag (“underdone potatoes”)
- prátaí coipthe (“creamed potatoes”)
- prátaí cosnochta (“dry potatoes”)
- prátaí cupaí (“large variety of potatoes”)
- prátaí fliucha (“wet, watery, potatoes”)
- prátaí gáiriteacha (“floury potatoes in broken jackets”)
- prátaí gan ruthag
- prátaí groda
- prátaí luatha (“early potatoes”)
- prátaí malla (“late potatoes”)
- prátaí miona
- prátaí nua
- prátaí rosacha (“rough-skinned potatoes”)
- prátaí slamáis (“potatoes with overgrown stalks”)
- prátaí spréite (“potatoes bursting their jackets”)
- prátaí uisciúla (“watery potatoes”)
- prátaí úra (“new potatoes”)
- scailliún práta (“small, worthless, potato”)
- sceallóga prátaí (“chips, French fries”)
- sceidíní prátaí (“small potatoes”)
- screamhachóirí prátaí (“scabby, worthless, potatoes”)
- triantáin phráta
- uisce prátaí (“water in which potatoes have been boiled”)
- úlla prátaí (“potato-apples”)
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| práta | phráta | bpráta |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “práta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “práta”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “práta”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “práta”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 550
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “práta”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society