eangach

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Possibly a substantivization of Middle Irish engach (“checkered, variegated, striped”).

Noun

eangach f (genitive singular eangaí, nominative plural eangacha)

  1. (fishing, computing, etc.) net
  2. (computing, etc.) network
Declension
Declension of eangach

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative eangach eangacha
Vocative a eangach a eangacha
Genitive eangaí eangach
Dative eangach eangacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an eangach na heangacha
Genitive na heangaí na n-eangach
Dative leis an eangach

don eangach

leis na heangacha
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish engach (“variegated; grooved”). By surface analysis, eang (“gusset; notch”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

eangach (genitive singular masculine eangaigh, genitive singular feminine eangaí, plural eangacha, comparative eangaí)

  1. gusseted
  2. patched, checkered
  3. notched, grooved, indented
Declension
Declension of eangach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative eangach eangach eangacha
Vocative eangaigh eangacha
Genitive eangaí eangacha eangach
Dative eangach eangach;
eangaigh (archaic) 		eangacha
Comparative níos eangaí
Superlative is eangaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 302, page 106
  2. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “5 engach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 engach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  4. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “3 engach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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