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eangach
eangach
Irish
Noun
eangach f (genitive singular eangaí, nominative plural eangacha)
Declension
Declension of eangach
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- eangach ghruaige (“hairnet”)
- eangach léarscáile (“map grid”)
- eangachúil (“reticular”, adjective)
Etymology 2
From Old Irish engach (“variegated; grooved”); synchronically analyzable as eang (“gusset; notch”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
eangach (genitive singular masculine eangaigh, genitive singular feminine eangaí, plural eangacha, comparative eangaí)
Declension
Declension of eangach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | eangach | eangach¹ | eangacha³ | |
| Vocative | eangaigh¹ | eangach¹ | eangacha | |
| Genitive | eangaigh¹ | eangaí (obsolete) eangaighe |
eangacha | eangach |
| Dative | eangach² | eangach¹ (archaic) eangaigh¹ |
eangacha³ | |
| Comparative | eangaí (obsolete) eangaighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| eangach | n-eangach | heangach | t-eangach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "eangach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “3 engach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “5 engach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.