pórt

pórt

See also: port, Port, port., and Port.

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English port, from Portuguese Porto (“Oporto”), a city in Portugal whence the wines were originally shipped.

Noun

pórt m (genitive singular póirt, nominative plural póirt)

1. port (fortified wine)

   Synonym: pórtfhíon

Declension

Declension of pórt

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative pórt póirt Vocative a phóirt a phórta Genitive póirt pórt Dative pórt póirt

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an pórt na póirt Genitive an phóirt na bpórt Dative leis an bpórt don phórt leis na póirt

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
pórt	phórt	bpórt
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• "pórt" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.