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. Doublet of pluma.

Noun

prúna m (genitive singular prúna, nominative plural prúnaí)

1. prune

Declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative prúna prúnaí Vocative a phrúna a phrúnaí Genitive prúna prúnaí Dative prúna prúnaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an prúna na prúnaí Genitive an phrúna na bprúnaí Dative leis an bprúna don phrúna leis na prúnaí

Declension of prúna

Fourth 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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “prúna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “prune”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024