partán

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See also: partan and Partan

Old Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unknown; possibly ultimately from a Paleo-European substrate language as Peter Schrijver cites; see Goidelic substrate hypothesis.[1]

Noun[edit]

partán m

  1. crab

Inflection[edit]

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative partán partánL partáinL
Vocative partáin partánL partánuH
Accusative partánN partánL partánuH
Genitive partáinL partán partánN
Dative partánL partánaib partánaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants[edit]

  • > Irish: portán, partán (inherited)
  • > Manx: partan (inherited)
  • > Scottish Gaelic: partan (inherited)
  • Scots: partan

References[edit]

  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter (2000) “Non-Indo-European Surviving in Ireland in the First Millennium AD”, in Ériu[1], volume 51, →JSTOR, pages 195-199