partán

See also: partan and Partan

Old Irish

Etymology

Unknown; possibly ultimately from a Paleo-European substrate language as Peter Schrijver cites; see Goidelic substrate hypothesis.

Noun

partán m

1. crab

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	partán	partánL	partáinL
Vocative	partáin	partánL	partánuH
Accusative	partánN	partánL	partánuH
Genitive	partáinL	partán	partánN
Dative	partánL	partánaib	partánaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• > Irish: portán, partán (inherited)
• > Manx: partan (inherited)
• > Scottish Gaelic: partan (inherited)
• → Scots: partan