Parthalán

Irish

Alternative forms

• Parthalón, Partholán, Partholón

Etymology

From Middle Irish Partholón, from Latin Bartholomaeus, from Ancient Greek Βαρθολομαῖος (Bartholomaîos), from Aramaic בר תלמי (bar tolmai, “son of Talmai; son of Ptolemy”); assimilated to the suffix -án.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /pˠɑɾˠhəˈl̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠɑɾˠhəlˠɑːnˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠaːɾˠhlˠanˠ/

Proper noun

Parthalán m (genitive Pharthaláin)

1. a male given name from Aramaic, equivalent to English Bartholomew

Declension

Declension of Parthalán

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Parthalán Vocative a Pharthaláin Genitive Parthaláin Dative Parthalán

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an Parthalán Genitive an Pharthaláin Dative leis an bParthalán don Pharthalán

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Parthalán	Pharthalán	bParthalán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “Parthalán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Partholón”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Parthalán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• Ó Corráin, Donnchadh, Maguire, Fidelma (1981) Gaelic Personal Names, Dublin: The Academy Press, →ISBN, page 152
• “Parthalán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024