pórt

See also: Appendix:Variations of "port"

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English port, from Portuguese Porto (“Oporto”), a city in Portugal whence the wines were originally shipped.

Noun

pórt m (genitive singular póirt, nominative plural póirt)

1. port (fortified wine)

   Synonym: pórtfhíon

Declension

Declension of pórt (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative pórt póirt vocative a phóirt a phórta genitive póirt pórt dative pórt póirt forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an pórt na póirt genitive an phóirt na bpórt dative leis an bpórt don phórt leis na póirt

Mutation

Mutated forms of pórt

radical	lenition	eclipsis
pórt	phórt	bpórt

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pórt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN