portán

See also: portan

Hungarian

Etymology

porta +‎ -n

Pronunciation

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

Noun

portán

superessive singular of porta

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish partán (compare Manx and Scottish Gaelic 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

ábhach portán, aice portán (“crabhole”)
An Portán (“Cancer”)
blaosc portáin (“shell of crab”)
collach portáin (“male crab”)
cráin phortáin (“female crab”)
crúb portáin, ordóg portáin (“claw of crab”)
greim an phortáin (“crab-hold; painful grip”)
méar portáin (“leg of crab”)
portán crúbach, portán faoilinne, portán iarainn (“spider crab”)
portán daibhche, portán dearg (“edible crab”)
portán glas (“green 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
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “partán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Entries containing “portán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “portán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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