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partán

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See also: partan and Partan

Old Irish

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Etymology

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Unknown; possibly ultimately from a Paleo-European substrate language as Peter Schrijver cites; see Goidelic substrate hypothesis.[1]

Noun

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partán m

  1. crab

Inflection

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Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative partán partánL partáinL
vocative partáin partánL partánuH
accusative partánN partánL partánuH
genitive partáinL partán partánN
dative partánL partánaib partánaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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  • > Irish: portán, partán (inherited)
  • > Manx: partan (inherited)
  • > Scottish Gaelic: partan (inherited)
  • → Scots: partan

References

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  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter (2000) “Non-Indo-European Surviving in Ireland in the First Millennium AD”, in Ériu‎[1], volume 51, →JSTOR, pages 195-199
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