longfort

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish longphort, from long (“ship”) + port (“place, spot; stronghold, fortress; settlement”).

Noun

longfort m (genitive singular longfoirt, nominative plural longfoirt)

1. camp
2. stronghold, fortified residence

Declension

Declension of longfort

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative longfort longfoirt Vocative a longfoirt a longforta Genitive longfoirt longfort Dative longfort longfoirt

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an longfort na longfoirt Genitive an longfoirt na longfort Dative leis an longfort don longfort leis na longfoirt

Derived terms

• longfortach (“having camps, fortified”)
• príomhlongfort (“headquarters”)