praiseach

See also: pràiseach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish praisech, from Latin brassica.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /pˠɾˠəˈʃax/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠɾˠaʃəx/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠɾˠaʃa(h)/

Noun

praiseach f (genitive singular praisí or praisce, nominative plural praiseacha)

pottage; broth, porridge
a mess
Rinne mé praiseach ar fad de. ― I made a complete mess of it.
kale or wild cabbage

Declension

Declension of praiseach

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	praiseach	praiseacha
Vocative	a phraiseach	a phraiseacha
Genitive	praisí	praiseacha
Dative	praiseach	praiseacha

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an phraiseach	na praiseacha
Genitive	na praisí	na bpraiseacha
Dative	leis an bpraiseach don phraiseach	leis na praiseacha

Derived terms

praiseach bhráthar f (“dog's mercury”)
praiseach bhuí f (“charlock, field mustard”)
praiseach chaindiach f (“candytuft”)
praiseach mhín f (“orache”)
praiseach phlúir f (“white sauce”)
praiseach thrá f (“sea-kale”)

See also

práisc (“mess”)

Further reading

Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “praiseach”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 550
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “praiseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “praisech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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