portán faoilinne

Irish

Portán faoilinne

Etymology

Literally, “seagull crab”

Noun

portán faoilinne m (genitive singular portáin fhaoilinne, nominative plural portáin fhaoilinne)

1. spider crab (crab of the superfamily Majoidea)

Mutation

Mutated forms of portán faoilinne

radical	lenition	eclipsis
portán faoilinne	phortán faoilinne	bportán faoilinne

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) “portán faoilinne”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN