Prúis

Irish

Etymology

From New Latin Prūssia.

Proper noun

An Phrúis f (genitive na Prúise)

1. Prussia

Declension

Declension of Prúis (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Prúis vocative a Phrúis genitive Prúise dative Prúis forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Phrúis genitive na Prúise dative leis an bPrúis don Phrúis

Derived terms

• Prúiseach (“Prussian”, adjective)
• Prúiseach m (“Prussian”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of Prúis

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Prúis	Phrúis	bPrúis

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Prúis”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm