pontún

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English pontoon.

Noun

pontún m (genitive singular pontúin, nominative plural pontúin)

(military, etc.) pontoon
(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.

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