portán

See also: portan and Portán

Hungarian

Etymology

porta +‎ -n

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈportaːn]
  • Hyphenation: por‧tán

Noun

portán

  1. superessive singular of porta

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish partán[1] (compare Manx and Scottish Gaelic partan).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /pˠəɾˠˈt̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/, [pˠəɾˠˈt̪ˠɑ̃ːn̪ˠ][2]

Noun

portán m (genitive singular portáin, nominative plural portáin)

  1. crab

Declension

Declension of portán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative portán portáin
vocative a phortáin a phortána
genitive portáin portán
dative portán portáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an portán na portáin
genitive an phortáin na bportán
dative leis an bportán
don phortán 		leis na portáin

Derived terms

  • ábhach portán (“crabhole”)
  • aice portán (“crabhole”)
  • An Portán (“Cancer”)
  • blaosc portáin (“shell of crab”)
  • collach portáin (“male crab”)
  • cráin phortáin (“female crab”)
  • crúb portáin (“claw of crab”)
  • greim an phortáin (“crab-hold; painful grip”)
  • méar portáin (“leg of crab”)
  • ordóg portáin (“claw of crab”)
  • portán crúbach (“spider crab”)
  • portán daibhche (“edible crab”)
  • portán dearg (“edible crab”)
  • portán faoilinne (“spider crab”)
  • portán glas (“green crab”)
  • portán iarainn (“spider crab”)
  • portán sligreach (“hermit crab”)
  • pota portán (“crab-pot”)
  • saighdiúir portáin (“soldier crab”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of portán
radical lenition eclipsis
portán phortán bportán

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “partán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 82

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