pontún

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English pontoon.

Noun

pontún m (genitive singular pontúin, nominative plural pontúin)

1. (military, etc.) pontoon
2. (card games) pontoon

Declension

Declension of pontún (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative pontún pontúin vocative a phontúin a phontúna genitive pontúin pontún dative pontún pontúin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an pontún na pontúin genitive an phontúin na bpontún dative leis an bpontún don phontún leis na pontúin

Derived terms

• droichead pontúin (“pontoon bridge”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of pontún

radical	lenition	eclipsis
pontún	phontún	bpontún

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