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

Declension of prúna (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative prúna prúnaí vocative a phrúna a phrúnaí genitive prúna prúnaí dative prúna prúnaí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an prúna na prúnaí genitive an phrúna na bprúnaí dative leis an bprúna don phrúna leis na prúnaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of prúna

radical	lenition	eclipsis
prúna	phrúna	bprúna

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) “prúna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “prune”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025