pontún

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English pontoon.

Noun

pontún m (genitive singular pontúin, nominative plural pontúin)

1. (military, etc.) pontoon
2. (card games) pontoon

Declension

Declension of pontún

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative pontún pontúin Vocative a phontúin a phontúna Genitive pontúin pontún Dative pontún pontúin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an pontún na pontúin Genitive an phontúin na bpontún Dative leis an bpontún don phontún leis na pontúin

Derived terms

• droichead pontúin (“pontoon bridge”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
pontún	phontún	bpontún
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pontún”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “pontún” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “pontún” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.