longphort

See also: Longphort

Irish

Noun

longphort m (genitive singular longphoirt, nominative plural longphoirt)

  1. Alternative spelling of longfort

Middle Irish

Etymology

long (“ship”) +‎ port (“place, spot; stronghold, fortress; settlement”)

Noun

longphort m

  1. camp, encampment, temporary stronghold
  2. mansion, princely dwelling; stronghold, fortress

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Irish: longfort
  • Scottish Gaelic: longphort

Mutation
Middle Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
longphortunchangedunchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish longphort. By surface analysis, long (“ship”) +‎ port (“port”).

Noun

longphort m (genitive singular longphuirt, plural longphortan)

  1. seaport
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