Parthalán

Irish

Alternative forms

• Parthalón, Partholán, Partholón

Etymology

From Middle Irish Partholón, from Latin Bartholomaeus, from Ancient Greek Βαρθολομαῖος (Bartholomaîos), from Aramaic בר תלמי (bar tolmai, “son of Talmai; son of Ptolemy”); assimilated to the suffix -án.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /pˠɑɾˠhəˈl̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠɑɾˠhəlˠɑːnˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠaːɾˠhlˠanˠ/

Proper noun

Parthalán m (genitive Pharthaláin)

1. a male given name from Aramaic, equivalent to English Bartholomew

Declension

Declension of Parthalán (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Parthalán vocative a Pharthaláin genitive Parthaláin dative Parthalán forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Parthalán genitive an Pharthaláin dative leis an bParthalán don Pharthalán

Mutation

Mutated forms of Parthalán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Parthalán	Pharthalán	bParthalán

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• “Parthalán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Partholón”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Parthalán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• Ó Corráin, Donnchadh, Maguire, Fidelma (1981) Gaelic Personal Names, Dublin: The Academy Press, →ISBN, page 152
• “Parthalán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024