taobhfort

Irish

Alternative forms

• taobhphort

Etymology

From taobh +‎ port (“mound, embankment”).

Noun

taobhfort m (genitive singular taobhfoirt, nominative plural taobhfoirt)

1. (military) traverse

Declension

Declension of taobhfort

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative taobhfort taobhfoirt Vocative a thaobhfoirt a thaobhforta Genitive taobhfoirt taobhfort Dative taobhfort taobhfoirt

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an taobhfort na taobhfoirt Genitive an taobhfoirt na dtaobhfort Dative leis an taobhfort don taobhfort leis na taobhfoirt

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
taobhfort	thaobhfort	dtaobhfort
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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