portach

Irish

Etymology

From port (“river bank”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /pˠəɾˠˈt̪ˠax/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠɔɾˠt̪ˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠʌɾˠt̪ˠa(x)/

Noun

portach m (genitive singular portaigh, nominative plural portaigh)

1. bog

   Synonym: bogach

2. turf bank

Declension

Declension of portach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative portach portaigh vocative a phortaigh a phortacha genitive portaigh portach dative portach portaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an portach na portaigh genitive an phortaigh na bportach dative leis an bportach don phortach leis na portaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of portach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
portach	phortach	bportach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• “portach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 portach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “portach”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “portach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN