eangach
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
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “5 engach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 engach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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