partán

See also: partan and Partan

Old Irish

Etymology

Unknown; possibly ultimately from a Paleo-European substrate language as Peter Schrijver cites; see Goidelic substrate hypothesis.[1] Possibly derived from Latin portus with a common vowel change of o > a as seen in words such as Latin apostolus turning into Old Irish apstal.[2]

Noun

partán m

  1. crab

Inflection

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

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

References

  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter (2000), “Non-Indo-European Surviving in Ireland in the First Millennium AD”, in Ériu‎[1], volume 51, →JSTOR, pages 195-199
  2. ^
    2019 March 28, Martin Counihan, “Partraige and Partán”, in Academia.edu‎[2]:
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