portán
See also: portan
Hungarian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
portán
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish partán (compare Manx and Scottish Gaelic partan).
Noun
portán m (genitive singular portáin, nominative plural portáin)
Declension
Declension of portán
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- ábhach portán, aice portán (“crabhole”)
- An Portán (“Cancer”)
- blaosc portáin (“shell of crab”)
- collach portáin (“male crab”)
- cráin phortáin (“female crab”)
- crúb portáin, ordóg portáin (“claw of crab”)
- greim an phortáin (“crab-hold; painful grip”)
- méar portáin (“leg of crab”)
- portán crúbach, portán faoilinne, portán iarainn (“spider crab”)
- portán daibhche, portán dearg (“edible crab”)
- portán glas (“green crab”)
- portán sligreach (“hermit crab”)
- pota portán (“crab-pot”)
- saighdiúir (portáin) (“soldier (crab)”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
portán | phortán | bportán |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “portán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “partán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “portán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “portán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024