pontún

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Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English pontoon.

Noun

pontún m (genitive singular pontúin, nominative plural pontúin)

  1. (military, etc.) pontoon
  2. (card games) pontoon

Declension

Declension of pontún (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative pontún pontúin
vocative a phontúin a phontúna
genitive pontúin pontún
dative pontún pontúin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an pontún na pontúin
genitive an phontúin na bpontún
dative leis an bpontún
don phontún
leis na pontúin

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of pontún
radical lenition eclipsis
pontún phontún bpontún

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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