póirse

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Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English or Anglo-Norman porche, from Latin porticus.

Pronunciation

Noun

póirse m (genitive singular póirse, nominative plural póirsí)

  1. porch
  2. lobby
  3. passage
  4. closet

Declension

Declension of póirse (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative póirse póirsí
vocative a phóirse a phóirsí
genitive póirse póirsí
dative póirse póirsí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an póirse na póirsí
genitive an phóirse na bpóirsí
dative leis an bpóirse
don phóirse
leis na póirsí

Mutation

Mutated forms of póirse
radical lenition eclipsis
póirse phóirse bpóirse

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