prúna

Irish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *prūna, feminine singular formed from the neutral plural of Latin prūnum, from Ancient Greek προῦνον (proûnon), variant of προῦμνον (proûmnon, plum), a loanword from a language of Asia Minor.

Noun

prúna m (genitive singular prúna, nominative plural prúnaí)

  1. prune

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
prúna phrúna bprúna
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • "prúna" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • prune” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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