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, no plural)

bare forms 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

Mutated forms of portaireacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
portaireacht	phortaireacht	bportaireacht

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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