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Add the Icelandic frá as a particle before a place name - #1328

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Closes #1176.

frá ("from") before a place name in the dative is an Icelandic byname particle. It is now a never-given preposition in is.toml, so the place joins it in the family, as von does.

Input given middle family
Jónas Jónsson frá Hriflu Jónas Jónsson frá Hriflu
Jónas frá Hriflu Jónas frá Hriflu
Jónsson frá Hriflu, Jónas Jónas Jónsson frá Hriflu

Before, 1.4.0 and 3.0.1 (both run from their wheels) gave middle Jónsson frá, family Hriflu.

Checked: the issue's four rows; all three name_orders; capitals, lower case and a decomposed á; capitalized() keeps frá lowercase. The full suite, ruff and build.py --check pass.

Left out, as the issue proposes or leaves open: úr (Hungarian "Mr." after a name, needs default = false and its own decision), the one-letter bynames í and á, unaccented fra, and any byname field.

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frá ("from") before a place in the dative is a byname particle: Jónas Jónsson
frá Hriflu now reads middle Jónsson, family frá Hriflu, where 1.4.0 through
3.0.1 gave middle "Jónsson frá" and family Hriflu. Listed as a never-given
preposition in is.toml; the unaccented spelling, úr (Hungarian "Mr.") and the
one-letter bynames are left out.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@derek73 derek73 added enhancement vocabulary Fixed by a word-list entry: per-word vocabulary and language packs particles Particles and surname prefixes (rules/P) locale-packs Locale packs and language choices (nameparser.locales) labels Nov 11, 2026
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It is not a limit a caller would trip on, and úr's reading is still an open
question on the issue.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Should frá before a place name be a particle? (Jónas Jónsson frá Hriflu gives family Hriflu)

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