portaireacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• portaíl, portaíocht, portanacht

Etymology

From port (“tune”) +‎ -aire + -acht

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpˠɔɾˠt̪ˠəɾʲəxt̪ˠ/

Noun

portaireacht f (genitive singular portaireachta)

1. lilting (type of lively singing)

Declension

Declension of portaireacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative portaireacht Vocative a phortaireacht Genitive portaireachta Dative portaireacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an phortaireacht Genitive na portaireachta Dative leis an bportaireacht don phortaireacht

Derived terms

• portaireacht bhéil

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
portaireacht	phortaireacht	bportaireacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “portaireacht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “portaireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “portaireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN