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Portaingéalach

Irish

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Etymology

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From An Phortaingéil (“Portugal”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

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Portaingéalach (genitive singular masculine Portaingéalaigh, genitive singular feminine Portaingéalaí, plural Portaingéalacha, not comparable)

  1. Portuguese

Declension

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Declension of Portaingéalach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative Portaingéalach Phortaingéalach Portaingéalacha;
Phortaingéalacha²
Vocative Phortaingéalaigh Portaingéalacha
Genitive Portaingéalaí Portaingéalacha Portaingéalach
Dative Portaingéalach;
Phortaingéalach¹ 		Phortaingéalach;
Phortaingéalaigh (archaic) 		Portaingéalacha;
Phortaingéalacha²
Comparative níos Portaingéalaí
Superlative is Portaingéalaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

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Noun

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Portaingéalach m (genitive singular Portaingéalaigh, nominative plural Portaingéalaigh)

  1. Portuguese person

Declension

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Declension of Portaingéalach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Portaingéalach Portaingéalaigh
Vocative a Phortaingéalaigh a Phortaingéalacha
Genitive Portaingéalaigh Portaingéalach
Dative Portaingéalach Portaingéalaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an Portaingéalach na Portaingéalaigh
Genitive an Phortaingéalaigh na bPortaingéalach
Dative leis an bPortaingéalach

don Phortaingéalach

leis na Portaingéalaigh

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Portaingéalach Phortaingéalach bPortaingéalach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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