longportach

Middle Irish

Etymology

From longphort (“camp, encampment”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

longportach

possessing many encampments
warlike

Noun

longportach m

frequenter of camps, warrior

Descendants

Irish: longfortach

Further reading

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “longphortach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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