portach

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Irish

Etymology

From port (“river bank”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

Noun

portach m (genitive singular portaigh, nominative plural portaigh)

  1. bog
    Synonym: bogach
  2. turf bank

Declension

Declension of portach (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative portach portaigh
vocative a phortaigh a phortacha
genitive portaigh portach
dative portach portaigh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an portach na portaigh
genitive an phortaigh na bportach
dative leis an bportach
don phortach 		leis na portaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of portach
radical lenition eclipsis
portach phortach bportach

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 261, page 133
  2. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 451, page 90
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 23, page 12
  4. ^ Wagner, Heinrich (1959) Gaeilge Theilinn: Foghraidheacht, Gramadach, Téacsanna [The Irish of Teelin: Phonetics, Grammar, Texts] (in Irish), Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath , section 490, page 189; reprinted 1979
  5. ^ Hughes, A. J. (1986) The Gaelic of Tangaveane and Commeen, County Donegal (texts, phonology, aspects of grammar and a vocabulary) (doctoral thesis), Faculty of Arts, Queen’s University of Belfast, page 464

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