Parthalán

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish Partholón, from Latin Bartholomaeus, from Ancient Greek Βαρθολομαῖος (Bartholomaîos), from Aramaic בר תלמי (bar tolmai, “son of Talmai; son of Ptolemy”); assimilated to the suffix -án.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Parthalán m (genitive Pharthaláin)

  1. a male given name from Aramaic, equivalent to English Bartholomew

Declension

Declension of Parthalán (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative Parthalán
vocative a Pharthaláin
genitive Parthaláin
dative Parthalán
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an Parthalán
genitive an Pharthaláin
dative leis an bParthalán
don Pharthalán

Mutation

Mutated forms of Parthalán
radical lenition eclipsis
Parthalán Pharthalán bParthalán

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 11

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