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Irish
Etymology
From port (“river bank”) + -ach.
Pronunciation
Noun
portach m (genitive singular portaigh, nominative plural portaigh)
- bog
- Synonym: bogach
- turf bank
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| portach
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phortach
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bportach
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
Further reading
- “portach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “3 portach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “portach”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “portach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN