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)

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

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)

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Superseded nominative plural: prátaidhe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.