eangach
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Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Possibly a substantivization of Middle Irish engach (“checkered, variegated, striped”).[2]
Noun[edit]
eangach f (genitive singular eangaí, nominative plural eangacha)
Declension[edit]
Declension of eangach
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms[edit]
- eangach ghruaige (“hairnet”)
- eangach léarscáile (“map grid”)
- eangachúil (“reticular”, adjective)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Irish engach (“variegated; grooved”).[3][4] By surface analysis, eang (“gusset; notch”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective[edit]
eangach (genitive singular masculine eangaigh, genitive singular feminine eangaí, plural eangacha, comparative eangaí)
Declension[edit]
Declension of eangach
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| eangach | n-eangach | heangach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References[edit]
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 302, page 106
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “5 engach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 engach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “3 engach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eangach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN