portán

See also: portan and Portán

Hungarian

Etymology

porta +‎ -n

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈportaːn]
  • Hyphenation: por‧tán

Noun

portán

  1. superessive singular of porta

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish partán[1] (compare Manx and Scottish Gaelic partan).

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /pˠəɾˠˈt̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/, [pˠəɾˠˈt̪ˠɑ̃ːn̪ˠ][2]

Noun

portán m (genitive singular portáin, nominative plural portáin)

  1. 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
  • ábhach portán (“crabhole”)
  • aice portán (“crabhole”)
  • An Portán (“Cancer”)
  • blaosc portáin (“shell of crab”)
  • collach portáin (“male crab”)
  • cráin phortáin (“female crab”)
  • crúb portáin (“claw of crab”)
  • greim an phortáin (“crab-hold; painful grip”)
  • méar portáin (“leg of crab”)
  • ordóg portáin (“claw of crab”)
  • portán crúbach (“spider crab”)
  • portán daibhche (“edible crab”)
  • portán dearg (“edible crab”)
  • portán faoilinne (“spider crab”)
  • portán glas (“green crab”)
  • portán iarainn (“spider crab”)
  • portán sligreach (“hermit crab”)
  • pota portán (“crab-pot”)
  • saighdiúir portáin (“soldier 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
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “partán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 82

Further reading
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