Portaingéalach
Irish
Etymology
From An Phortaingéil (“Portugal”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
Portaingéalach (genitive singular masculine Portaingéalaigh, genitive singular feminine Portaingéalaí, plural Portaingéalacha, not comparable)
- Portuguese
Declension
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
- Poblacht na Portaingéile (“the Republic of Portugal”)
- Portaingéilis (“the Portuguese language”)
Noun
Portaingéalach m (genitive singular Portaingéalaigh, nominative plural Portaingéalaigh)
- Portuguese person
Declension
Declension of Portaingéalach
First declension
Bare forms:
| Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| 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
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “Portaingéalach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “Portaingéalach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “Portaingéalach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.