angar

See also: ängar, angår, and ångar

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Noun

angar m (genitive singular angair)

  1. want, distress, affliction, austerity, privation

Declension
Declension of angar

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative angar
Vocative a angair
Genitive angair
Dative angar

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an t-angar
Genitive an angair
Dative leis an angar

don angar

Derived terms
  • angarach (“distressed, afflicted”, adjective)
  • go bun an angair (“to the bitter end”)
  • lom-angar (“sheer want, harsh necessity; necessitous person”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
angar n-angar hangar t-angar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • "angar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “austerity” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “privation” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Latin

Verb

angar

  1. first-person singular future passive indicative of angō
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