, 7c. See bráca. O'N. gives práca.

, -áis, m., raw oatmeal mixed with buttermilk; hotchpotch, olla podrida.

, -áibe, f., rheum; a discharge from the corner of the eyes; clammy matter, filth; práibín, dim., fresh cowdung (Don.); práipín, dim., a mixture of oatmeal and milk.

, -bigh, pl. id., m., a plasterer.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a plasterer, a dauber.

, -a, f., plastering.

, -beadh, v. tr., I daub or plaster.

, -dhne, f., earnest haste or business; hurry, flurry, trepidation; trouble, difficulty, need; heed, regard (with i, Con.); ní léan liom a bpráidhinn, I am not grieved at their trepidation or distress (E. R.); pleasure, delight; confidence; pride; bhí práidhinn mhór aige asta, he had great confidence in them (C. S.); cf. do shnámhfainn an t-uisce 's an tuile, dá mbadh phráidhinn dam é.

, -nighe, a., earnest; terrified, in trepidation; needy, distressed; confiding in a person, taking delight in seeing one; badh phráinneach as a mhuinntir féin é, he took great pride in his own family.

See <<proinn>>.

, m., a busy throng (Don.).

See proinn-teach.

, -puighthe, m., act of suddenly turning.

, -e, f., soft clammy dirt or filth; wildness, extravagance; pastime, unlawful pastime (the word is used chiefly in its figurative application by the M. poets).

, g. id., f., a mess of pottage; broth porridge; braoinín praisce, a little quantity of porridge (in M. praisce is not used in nom., but it is used as gs. for praiseach); g. also praiscidh (dh pron. g) (W. Ker.).

, g. id., pl. -nidhe, m., an apron, esp. a coarse apron with many pockets; a rag, a clout; a shoemaker's apron.

, g. -sighe and praisce, f., pottage; little pieces; broth, porridge; tá sé 'na phraisigh agat, you have broken it into bits, you have spoiled it (praisce is used as gs. of praiseach in M., also praise); p. bhuidhe, a kind of kale or cabbage.

, f., English mercury, wild spinach.

., f., wild cabbage, rape, wild raven.

, f., common wild goosefoot, orache, white goosefoot.

, f., bastard cress or mustard, penny cress.

, f., wild mustard, charlock.

, f., fig-leaved goosefoot.

, f., wild orache.

, f., bastard cress or mustard, penny cress.

, f., annual sea-side goosefoot.

, f., wall goosefoot.

, f., sea kale.

, -éid, pl. id., m., a bracelet.

, -ála, f., act of frisking, leaping.

, -ughadh and -saigh v. intr., I jump, leap, frisk

, quick, sudden; go prap. quickly, suddenly. See <<prab>>.

, a., quick, ready.

, -áis, m., brass; money generally (poet.); a poem (E. S.).

, -aighe, a., brazen; belonging to brass.

, -ála, f., embrasure.

, -adh, v. tr., I solder with brass; I cover over with brass.

, -an, -ain, f., a duck, a wild fowl, a widgeon.

, m., pl., brass ornaments. (?)

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a brazier; one that deals in brass instruments.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a potato; fata, pl. fataidhe, in Con.; préata in Meath and U.

, -eibe, -eaba, f., a bounce, a kick, a start; motion, action; gan preab, spiritless, lifeless; i ndeireadh na preibe, at the last gasp.

, -btha, m., palpitation, panting.

, -adh, v. intr., I stamp, kick, spurn; I rouse, bounce, spring, jump; I come suddenly; used idiomatically, as: preab id' shuidhe, arise, stand up; do phreab sé 'na sheasamh, he sprang to his feet; preabfaidh sé chugainn láithreach, he will come upon us immediately; do phreabas, I started, I was startled; preab anonn chúcha i mbárach, go over to them tomorrow (without hesitation or delay).

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a stout, hearty, brave fellow.

, -a, f., acting bravely or gallantly.

, -mhla, a., active, vigorous, gallant; spirited.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a parcel, a piece; a patch; a rag; Seaghán na bpreabán, John of the rags.

, -aighe, a., full of patches; as subs., a ragged person.

, -adh, v. tr., I patch, mend.

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a patcher.

(pl.), artificial food (Mayo).

, -e, f., jumping, leaping, bouncing, skipping.

, -óige, -óga, f., a kicking or wincing mare.

, -éiche, -éacha, f., a root.

, a crow, etc. See <<préachán>>.

, -adh, v. tr., I cause to perish; I famish (as with cold); do préachadh leis an bhfuacht é, he was famished with cold (Con.); cf. do leathadh leis an bhfuacht é (M.).

, -áin, pl. id., m., a crow, a raven, a periwinkle; préachán ceannann, ossifrage or osprey.

, m., a kite.

, m., a raven.

, m., a glede or buzzard.

, m., a vulture.

, m., a kite, a scald-crow.

, p. a., perished, famished (as with cold) (Con.); also préachtuighthe.

, the bones taken out of pork when it is to be cured as bacon (O'N.).

, -e, -idhe, m., a prelate.

, -a, f., prelacy.

, -éimhe, pl. -a and -acha, f., root, origin, beginning, foundation. See fréamh (préamh is the spoken form, at least in M.).

, -aighe, a., full of roots, root-like.

See <<préamhuighim>>.

, indec. a., primary, fundamental.

, -uighthe, m., taking root, springing up; descending from (ó, as a race springs from an ancestor).

, -ughadh and -mhadh, v. tr. and intr., I plant, I propagate; I spring from, am descended from; I strike root, settle firmly.

, a., quick, soon; go p., immediately. See <<prab>> and <<prap>>.

, m., a plait, a wrinkle.

, -aighe, a., corrugant, wrinkled.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., the person who thickens frieze (C. S., Vol. II., p. 354; Mayo).

, -adh, v. tr., I plait, wrinkle.

, -ainne, -anna, f., parchment.

, -cille, f., a double chin; the dewlap of a cow; do rug sé ar phreicill air, he throttled him; dul 'n-a phreicill, to throttle him.

, -lighe, a., having a double chin; having a dewlap.

, m. and f., a prey of cattle (O'N.); something of great value; is tú an phréith againn! how precious thou art to us! is mór an phréith é! how precious it is! bainidh amach an phréith, recover the "prey" (a lady who had been abducted).

, -ala, f., risk, danger; ar do phriacail, at the risk of your life; priacail bháis, danger of death (Lat. periculum).

, -aighe, a., dangerous, risky, troubled.

, -dighe, a., private; somet. príbhléideach (Aran).

, -e, -idhe, f., a privilege.

(príomh)

, -e, a. (generally as prefix), first, prime, chief, principal, great.

, -ais, m., primacy.

, m., a prime or chief artificer.

, -righ, pl. id., m., a chief clerk, a head book-keeper.

, m., the shrub privet or prime-print (P. O'C.).

, -e, f., a main beam which reaches from sidewall to sidewall.

, -aigh -aighe, m., a chief butler.

, -ais, m., chief fever.

, a., first-born.

, m., the first or chief means.

, m. a chief agent.

(primide)

, -e, f., first fruits; firstlings of any kind (primidil, id.).

, m., a principal fortress, a chief royal seat.

, m., original sin.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a beetle.

, f., act of preaching; ag proicheapt 7 ag prímh-sheanmóir dóibh, instructing them and preaching to them (Kea., T. S.).

, -oil, -olta, m., a main-sail.

, -thighe, -thighthe, m., a chief house.

, indec. a., principal, chief (Kea.); high-principled; stern, rigorous.

, -sigh, -sighe, m., an apprentice.

, -de, f., privacy, secrecy; níor phríobháid é a eachtra, his deeds were renowned (Seaghán na Ráithíneach)

, -dighe, a., private, secret.

, g. id., pl. -aidhe, m., a goad, a sting; a sting fixed to the end of a goad to drive cattle with (O'B.).

, -ctha, m., act of goading, stinging, prodding.

, -adh, v. tr., I prod, sting, goad.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., one who pinches or pricks; a diminutive fellow; a fault-finder (Con.).

, -a, f., pinching, pricking; trifling; working in a trifling or careless manner.

See <<piocóid>>.

See prímh-.

, -a, m., a principal; as a., first, primal. See prímh.

, -aidh, m., a primate.

, -air, pl. id., m., a first cause, a prime cause.

, m., a patriarch, a chief father.

, -thrach, -thracha, f., a chief city, a capital.

, m., an autograph, an original, príomh-chloch, -oiche, -ocha, f., a chief stone.

, indec. a., primitive, chief.

, -a, f., primacy, originality.

, f., ancient history.

, m., a great gate, a palace door.

, m., an arch-druid.

, m., an ancient prophet; a chief prophet; a primate.

, m., a primitive word.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a chief baker.

, m., chief disease.

, m., chief lock.

, f., chief wound.

, -phuirt, pl. id., m., a chief palace, a royal seat.

, -luit, m., act of wounding severely.

, f., chief work.

See <<primpeallán>>.

, g. id., pl. -shloinnte, f., a principal family; a principal family name.

, -thúis, pl. id., m., the first; first chief, first foundation.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a chief governor; the first superior of a house or society.

, -a, f., chief government or sway.

, -air, pl. id., m., a prime author, a chief author.

, g. id., pl. -aidhe, m., a prince; bain-ph., f., a princess.

, -mhla, a., princely.

, -a, f., princeliness.

, g. id., m., print, a print; iar n-a chur i bprionta le, printed by (a title page of a ballad dated 1571). prionnda is also found in this, the first Irish imprint; a "print" (of butter).

, -ála, f., act of printing; is mór an obair é phriontáil ar phinginn, it is a wonderful work to print it (a newspaper) for a penny; prionndáil, prinndeáil (Con.).

, -áil, v. tr., I print.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a printer.

, g. prír, m., a prior; also preor (M.).

, g. id., pl. -aidhe, m., a pendant, as flesh under the chin (one speaks of the priosla of a goose also); saliva hanging front the mouth.

, -aighe, a., having saliva dropping from the mouth.

, -áin, pl. id., m., one who drops saliva from the mouth.

and pirseog

, Aran forms of piseog, which see.

, -súin, pl. id., m., a prison.

, -aigh, -aighe, m., a prisoner, a culprit; príosúnóir, m. (Don.).

, -a, f., imprisonment; príosúntacht, id.

, -nigh, -nighe, m., a mean little fellow.

, -úra, -úiridhe, m., pincers.

, -e, -idhe, m., a reprobate, a wicked person.

See <<fromhaim>>.

, g. id., m., a crock.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a chamberlain, a proctor.

, -e, -eanna and -eacha, f., a den, a cave, a vault.

(proiceacht), m., act of preaching, instructing.

, -ne, -nidhe, f., a meal, a dinner; food; a surfeit (U.); céad-ph., breakfast.

, -sis, -aidhe, m., a process, that is the legal document so called (A.); fear ba bpróiseas, a process-server (M.); próis, pl. -eanna, id. (Con.), próiste, g. id., f., a process, a legal document; fear próiste, a process-server (Om.); in Don. and N. Con. this is also the form used. See próiseas.

, indec. a., gross, corpulent, fleshy; grave, serious, composed.

, -a, f., corpulency, fleshiness; seriousness, sedateness.

, g. id., pl. -aidhe, m., what juts out, a stem or extremity; proimpín, id.

, -adh, v. tr., I eat, feed, consume; also I break, smash, mince.

(= bronnaim)

, I deal out, bestow, give (U. generally).

, -aigh, m., a small meal, a repast, a lunch.

, -ais, m., a gift (U.).

, g. id., pl. -aidhe, m., a prop (A.).

, -ptha, m., a propping.

, g. id., m., a stout, fat person (Don.).

, -óige, -óga, f., a hut, a hovel (Don.); also plothóg.

, -téil, pl. id., m., a batch of potatoes for roasting; praisteal (Don.).

See <<purtall>>.