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proinn

proinn

Irish

Noun

proinn f ‎(genitive singular proinne, nominative plural proinnte)

meal
buffet

Declension

Declension of proinn

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	proinn	proinnte
Vocative	a phroinn	a phroinnte
Genitive	proinne	proinnte
Dative	proinn	proinnte

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an phroinn	na proinnte
Genitive	na proinne	na bproinnte
Dative	leis an bproinn don phroinn	leis na proinnte

Synonyms

(meal): béile, séire
(buffet): buifé

Derived terms

céadphroinn f ‎(“breakfast”)
iarphroinne ‎(“postprandial”)
proinnseomra m ‎(“dining-room”)
proinnteach m ‎(“dining-hall, refectory”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
proinn	phroinn	bproinn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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