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Ang
ang
ang
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ang"
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *anga, from Proto-Indo-European *h2(o)nǵh-o- 'narrow'. Cognate to Latin ango (“to cramp (up), constrict”), German eng (“narrow”)[1].
Noun
ang m (definite singular angu)
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- ↑ Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997, p.79
Irish
Noun
ang f (genitive singular anga, nominative plural angaí)
- Alternative form of eang (“track, trace; inset, gusset; angle, corner; piece, strip; notch; nick, groove; gap, interval”)
Declension
Declension of ang
Third declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ang | n-ang | hang | t-ang |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "ang" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Mandarin
Romanization
ang
- Nonstandard spelling of āng.
- Nonstandard spelling of áng.
- Nonstandard spelling of ǎng.
- Nonstandard spelling of àng.
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaŋ/
Article
ang
- the
- Ang kidlat ay pinatamaan ang sarili nito sa ugat ng lungsod, na nagpabaha sa at pumatay sa buhay-lakas nito.
- The lightning zapped itself through the city's veins, flooding the circuitry and pulling the plug of its life force.
- Ang kidlat ay pinatamaan ang sarili nito sa ugat ng lungsod, na nagpabaha sa at pumatay sa buhay-lakas nito.
- (with a numeral) a, an
- Ang isang tama ng kidlat ay nagdadala ng current na 40 kA.
- A lightning strike brings a current of 40 kA.
- Ang isang tama ng kidlat ay nagdadala ng current na 40 kA.
- subject marker for uncountable nouns
- Ang kidlat ay gumuguhit ng mga ugat sa taniman ng langit.
- Lightning sketches roots under the soil of the sky. — specificity of taniman and langit assumed
The lightning sketches roots under the soil of the sky. — ang kidlat is definite
- Lightning sketches roots under the soil of the sky. — specificity of taniman and langit assumed
- Ang kidlat ay gumuguhit ng mga ugat sa taniman ng langit.
- used with a quality for emphasis and to give it an adjectival meaning
- Ang ganda! ― How pretty! (literally, “The beauty!”)
Usage notes
The article may mark both definite and indefinite, and may be understood as either based from context. It is omitted if subject is dependent, and may be replaced by ng.