pras

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pras"

Cornish

Adjective

pras

1. Hard mutation of bras.

Mutation

Mutation of pras

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
bras	vras	unchanged	pras	fras	vras

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /pˠɾˠɑsˠ/
• (Conneamara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /pˠɾˠasˠ/

Adjective

pras (genitive singular masculine prais, genitive singular feminine praise, plural prasa, comparative praise)

1. quick, prompt

   Synonym: éasca

2. ready

Declension

Declension of pras

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	pras	phras	prasa; phrasa²
Vocative	phrais		prasa
Genitive		praise	prasa	pras
Dative	pras; phras¹	phras; phrais (archaic)	prasa; phrasa²
Comparative	níos praise
Superlative	is praise

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
pras	phras	bpras
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “pras”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “pras”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 550
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pras”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 28

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• pràs (pre-1990 spelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾas/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾas/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pɾaʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾaʃ/

• Hyphenation: pras

Contraction

pras f pl

1. (colloquial) Contraction of pra as (“for/to the (feminine plural)”): feminine plural of pro