portán

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See also: portan and Portán

Hungarian

Etymology

porta +‎ -n

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):
Hyphenation: por‧tán

Noun

portán

superessive singular of porta

Irish

Alternative forms

partán

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

portán m (genitive singular portáin, nominative plural portáin)

crab

Declension

Declension of portán (first declension)

bare forms
case	singular	plural
nominative	portán	portáin
vocative	a phortáin	a phortána
genitive	portáin	portán
dative	portán	portáin

forms with the definite article
case	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

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “partán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ 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

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “portán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “portán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“portán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

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