Portaingéalach

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Irish

Etymology

From An Phortaingéil (“Portugal”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Portaingéalach (genitive singular masculine Portaingéalaigh, genitive singular feminine Portaingéalaí, plural Portaingéalacha, not comparable)

  1. Portuguese

Declension

Declension of Portaingéalach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative Portaingéalach Phortaingéalach Portaingéalacha;
Phortaingéalacha2
vocative Phortaingéalaigh Portaingéalacha
genitive Portaingéalaí Portaingéalacha Portaingéalach
dative Portaingéalach;
Phortaingéalach1 		Phortaingéalach;
Phortaingéalaigh (archaic) 		Portaingéalacha;
Phortaingéalacha2
Comparative níos Portaingéalaí
Superlative is Portaingéalaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

Portaingéalach m (genitive singular Portaingéalaigh, nominative plural Portaingéalaigh)

  1. Portuguese person

Declension

Declension of Portaingéalach (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative Portaingéalach Portaingéalaigh
vocative a Phortaingéalaigh a Phortaingéalacha
genitive Portaingéalaigh Portaingéalach
dative Portaingéalach Portaingéalaigh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an Portaingéalach na Portaingéalaigh
genitive an Phortaingéalaigh na bPortaingéalach
dative leis an bPortaingéalach
don Phortaingéalach 		leis na Portaingéalaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Portaingéalach
radical lenition eclipsis
Portaingéalach Phortaingéalach bPortaingéalach

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

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