práta

See also: prata, Prata, prāta, and prātā

Faroese

Verb

práta (third person singular past indicative prátaði, third person plural past indicative prátað, supine prátað)

1. to talk, to gossip

Conjugation

Conjugation of práta (group v-30)
infinitive	práta
supine	prátað
participle (a6)1	prátandi	prátaður
	present	past
first singular	práti	prátaði
second singular	prátar	prátaði
third singular	prátar	prátaði
plural	práta	prátaðu
	imperative
singular	práta!
plural	prátið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Related terms

• prát

See also

• tosa
• fortelja
• spyrja
• svara

Irish

Alternative forms

• fata (Connacht)
• preáta (Ulster)
• préata (Meath, Ulster)

Etymology

From Spanish patata, from Taíno batata.

prátaí

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠɾˠɑːt̪ˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠɾˠaːt̪ˠə/

Noun

práta m (genitive singular práta, nominative plural prátaí)

1. potato, spud

Declension

Declension of práta

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative práta prátaí Vocative a phráta a phrátaí Genitive práta prátaí Dative práta prátaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an práta na prátaí Genitive an phráta na bprátaí Dative leis an bpráta don phráta leis na prátaí

• Superseded nominative plural: prátaidhe

Derived terms

• arán prátaí (“potato cake”)
• báinseog phrátaí (“patch of potatoes in bloom”)
• bia an phráta (“potato except peel”)
• bogáin phrátaí
• brioscáin phrátaí (“potato crisps, potato chips”)
• broc prátaí (“small, discarded, potatoes”)
• cailleach phráta (“shrivelled potato; old seed-potato”)
• caldair phrátaí (“large potatoes”)
• caochán práta (“eyeless potato”)
• cnaiste práta
• cnámhóg phráta (“remnant of potato”)
• cnapán práta
• cosamar prátaí
• craicne prátaí (“potato peelings”)
• crann práta (“stalk of potato”)
• cruit phrátaí (“stolen bag of potatoes”)
• cúil phrátaí (“stored heap of potatoes”)
• dingeacha práta
• dradairníní prátaí (“tiny, worthless, potatoes”)
• fadhbán práta
• fear prátaí (“potato-grower, -dealer; potato-inspector”)
• gaimbíní práta (“potato wedges”)
• garraí prátaí (“potato patch”)
• gas prátaí (“stalk of potatoes”)
• gealach phráta (“white outer ring of boiled potato”)
• gillín práta (“large potato”)
• gruán práta (“lumpy potato”)
• iomaire prátaí (“ridge of potatoes”)
• luspairt phrátaí (“small worthless potatoes”)
• mionrach phrátaí (“undersized, rejected, potatoes”)
• póirín práta (“small potato”)
• poll prátaí (“(clamped) potato-pit”)
• pór prátaí (“potato-seed”)
• práta bácáilte (“baked potato, jacket potato”)
• práta bruite (“boiled potato”)
• práta casta (“wrinkled potato”)
• práta clutharacháin
• práta cruinn (“whole, unmashed, potato”)
• práta fabhtach (“hollow potato”)
• práta garbh (“large, lumpy, potato”)
• práta gréine
• práta lucharacháin (“pignut”)
• práta odhar (“potato that has been exposed to sunlight”)
• práta pocáin
• práta póir
• práta seaca (“frost-bitten potato”)
• práta seaca (“potato that has been exposed to frost”)
• práta Spáinneach
• prátaí céadfhómhair (“early(-harvested) potatoes”)
• prátaí cnag (“underdone potatoes”)
• prátaí coipthe (“creamed potatoes”)
• prátaí cosnochta (“dry potatoes”)
• prátaí cupaí (“large variety of potatoes”)
• prátaí fliucha (“wet, watery, potatoes”)
• prátaí gáiriteacha (“floury potatoes in broken jackets”)
• prátaí gan ruthag
• prátaí groda
• prátaí luatha (“early potatoes”)
• prátaí malla (“late potatoes”)
• prátaí miona
• prátaí nua
• prátaí rosacha (“rough-skinned potatoes”)
• prátaí slamáis (“potatoes with overgrown stalks”)
• prátaí spréite (“potatoes bursting their jackets”)
• prátaí uisciúla (“watery potatoes”)
• prátaí úra (“new potatoes”)
• scailliún práta (“small, worthless, potato”)
• sceallóga prátaí (“chips, French fries”)
• sceidíní prátaí (“small potatoes”)
• screamhachóirí prátaí (“scabby, worthless, potatoes”)
• triantáin phráta
• uisce prátaí (“water in which potatoes have been boiled”)
• úlla prátaí (“potato-apples”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
práta	phráta	bpráta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “práta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “práta” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “práta” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “práta”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 550
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “práta”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society