longphort

See also: Longphort

Irish

Noun

longphort m (genitive singular longphoirt, nominative plural longphoirt)

  1. Alternative spelling of longfort

Middle Irish

Etymology

long (“ship”) +‎ port (“place, spot; stronghold, fortress; settlement”)

Noun

longphort m

  1. camp, encampment, temporary stronghold
  2. mansion, princely dwelling; stronghold, fortress

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Irish: longfort
  • Scottish Gaelic: longphort

Mutation
Middle Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
longphortunchangedunchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish longphort; synchronically long (“ship”) +‎ port (“port”).

Noun

longphort m (genitive singular longphuirt, plural longphortan)

  1. seaport
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