longportach

Middle Irish

Etymology

From longphort (“camp, encampment”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

longportach

1. possessing many encampments
2. warlike

Noun

longportach m

1. frequenter of camps, warrior

Descendants

• Irish: longfortach

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “longphortach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language