Portaingéalach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From An Phortaingéil (“Portugal”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]Portaingéalach (genitive singular masculine Portaingéalaigh, genitive singular feminine Portaingéalaí, plural Portaingéalacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Portaingéalach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | Portaingéalach | Phortaingéalach | Portaingéalacha; Phortaingéalacha² | |
| Vocative | Phortaingéalaigh | Portaingéalacha | ||
| Genitive | Portaingéalaí | Portaingéalacha | Portaingéalach | |
| Dative | Portaingéalach; Phortaingéalach¹ |
Phortaingéalach; Phortaingéalaigh (archaic) |
Portaingéalacha; Phortaingéalacha² | |
| Comparative | níos Portaingéalaí | |||
| Superlative | is Portaingéalaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
[edit]- Poblacht na Portaingéile (“the Republic of Portugal”)
- Portaingéilis (“the Portuguese language”)
Noun
[edit]Portaingéalach m (genitive singular Portaingéalaigh, nominative plural Portaingéalaigh)
- Portuguese person
Declension
[edit]Declension of Portaingéalach
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| Portaingéalach | Phortaingéalach | bPortaingéalach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Portaingéalach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Portaingéalach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “Portaingéalach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024