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profa

profa

Irish

Noun

profa m ‎(genitive singular profa, nominative plural profaí)

(typography, printing, engraving) proof
(of alcohol) proof strength

Declension

Declension of profa

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	profa	profaí
Vocative	a phrofa	a phrofaí
Genitive	profa	profaí
Dative	profa	profaí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an profa	na profaí
Genitive	an phrofa	na bprofaí
Dative	leis an bprofa don phrofa	leis na profaí

Derived terms

Terms derived from profa

binse profa m ‎(“test-bench”)
binse profa m ‎(“test-bench”)

faoi bhun profa ‎(“under proof”)
léamh profaí m ‎(“proof-reading”)

léitheoir profaí m ‎(“proof-reader”)
profaigh ‎(“proof”, verb)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish promthae, past participle of promaid ‎(“making trial of, testing, proving”).

Participle

profa

past participle of promh ‎(“prove, test”)

Derived terms

profach ‎(“probative”) (of evidence)

Noun

profa m

genitive singular of promhadh (as a verbal noun)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
profa	phrofa	bprofa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"profa" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“promthae” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.