portán

See also: portan

Hungarian

Etymology

porta +‎ -n

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

Noun

portán

  1. 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)

  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, 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
  • "portán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “partán” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • 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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