Portaingéil

Irish

Etymology

From Late Latin Portugal.

Proper noun

An Phortaingéil f (genitive na Portaingéile)

1. Portugal (a country in Europe)

   Synonym: Poblacht na Portaingéile

Declension

Declension of Portaingéil

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Portaingéil Vocative a Phortaingéil Genitive Portaingéile Dative Portaingéil

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an Phortaingéil Genitive na Portaingéile Dative leis an bPortaingéil don Phortaingéil

Derived terms

• Portaingéalach (“a Portuguese person”)
• Portaingéalach (“Portuguese”, adjective)
• Portaingéilis (“the Portuguese language”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Portaingéil	Phortaingéil	bPortaingéil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Entries containing “Portaingéil” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “an Phortaingéil” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.