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portán

portán

See also: portan

Hungarian

Noun

portán

superessive singular of porta

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish partán (compare Scottish Gaelic and Manx partan).

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

collach portáin ‎(“male crab”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
portán	phortán	bportán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"portán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“partán” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.