Scottish Gaelic

Noun

Partan m

1. Cancer (Constellation, Zodiac)

See also

• Reithe
• Tarbh
• Leth-aonan
• Fear Giùlan Uisge
• Saighdear
• An Sgairp
• A’ Mhaighdeann
• Meidh
• Na h-Iasgan

English

Noun

partan ‎(plural partans)

1. (Britain, dialect) An edible British crab.

Galician

Verb

partan

1. third-person plural present subjunctive of partir

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish partán.

Noun

partan m ‎(genitive singular partan, plural partanyn)

1. crab
   • "Vel ny partanyn snaue, Joe?" "Cha nel monney, cha nel monney," dooyrt Joe.‎

     "Are the crabs crawling, Joe?" "Not much, not much," said Joe.

   • Yn partan ta dy-kinjagh 'sy towl echey cha vel eh rieau roauyr.‎

     The crab which is always in its hole is never fat.

Mutation

References

• “partán” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scots

Etymology

Borrowing from Scottish Gaelic partan, from Old Irish partán, (compare Manx partan, Irish portán).

Noun

partan ‎(plural partans)

1. crab

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish partán.

Noun

partan m ‎(genitive singular partain, plural partanan)

1. shore crab

Derived terms

• partan-tuathal

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “partán” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Spanish

Verb

partan

1. Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of partir.
2. Second-person plural (ustedes) present subjunctive form of partir.
3. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present subjunctive form of partir.