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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
portach	phortach	bportach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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