partan

See also: Partan, and partán

Galician

Verb

partan

1. inflection of partir:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish partán.

Noun

partan m (genitive singular partan, plural partanyn)

1. crab

   "Vel ny partanyn snaue, Joe?" "Cha nel monney, cha nel monney," dooyrt Joe.

   "Are the crabs crawling, Joe?" "Not much, not much," said Joe.

   Yn partan ta dy-kinjagh 'sy towl echey cha vel eh rieau roauyr.

   The crab which is always in its hole is never fat.

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
partan	phartan	bartan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

Scots

Etymology

From Old Irish partán.

Noun

partan (plural partans)

1. edible crab (Cancer pagurus)
   • 1894, Sir John Foulis, Arthur Washington Hallen, The Account Book of Sir John Foulis of Ravelston 1671-1707‎^[1], page 279:

     For dinner at ye lodging wt Lady dunipace, mrs abigaill and my tuo sones and servants lapster and partans and brandie.

     For dinner at the lodging with Lady Dunipace, Mrs. Abigail and my two sons and servants lobster and crab and brandy.

Derived terms

• partan bree

References

• “partan, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 24 May 2024, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.
• “partan, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 24 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish partán.

Noun

partan m (genitive singular partain, plural partanan)

1. shore crab

Derived terms

• partan-tuathal

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “partan”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan‎^[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “partán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Spanish

Verb

partan

1. inflection of partir:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative