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

Alternative forms

• partán

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “portán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “portán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “portán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024