Portaingéil

Irish

Etymology

From Late Latin Portugal.

Proper noun

An Phortaingéil f (genitive na Portaingéile)

1. Portugal (a country in Europe)

   Synonym: Poblacht na Portaingéile

Declension

Declension of Portaingéil

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Portaingéil Vocative a Phortaingéil Genitive Portaingéile Dative Portaingéil

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an Phortaingéil Genitive na Portaingéile Dative leis an bPortaingéil don Phortaingéil

Derived terms

• Portaingéalach (“a Portuguese person”)
• Portaingéalach (“Portuguese”, adjective)
• Portaingéilis (“the Portuguese language”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Portaingéil	Phortaingéil	bPortaingéil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Portaingéil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “an Phortaingéil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024