Portaingéilis

Irish

Etymology

From an Phortaingéil (“Portugal”) +‎ -is.

Proper noun

Portaingéilis f (genitive Portaingéilise)

1. the Portuguese language

Declension

Declension of Portaingéilis (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Portaingéilis vocative a Phortaingéilis genitive Portaingéilise dative Portaingéilis forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Phortaingéilis genitive na Portaingéilise dative leis an bPortaingéilis don Phortaingéilis

Mutation

Mutated forms of Portaingéilis

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Portaingéilis	Phortaingéilis	bPortaingéilis

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Portaingéilis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Portaingéilis”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Portaingéilis”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024