eang

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish eng (“track, trace; angle, strip, patch; notch, groove, dimple”).

Noun

eang f (genitive singular eanga, nominative plural eangaí)

  1. track, trace
    1. inset, gusset
    2. angle, corner
    3. piece, strip
  3. notch; nick, groove
  4. gap, interval

Declension
Declension of eang

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative eang eangaí
Vocative a eang a eangaí
Genitive eanga eangaí
Dative eang eangaí

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an eang na heangaí
Genitive na heanga na n-eangaí
Dative leis an eang

don eang

 leis na heangaí

Derived terms
  • eangach (“gusseted; patched, chequered; notched, grooved, indented”, adjective)
  • eangaigh (“notch, groove, indent”, transitive verb)
  • treoir-eang f (“sight-notch”)

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

Further reading
  • "eang" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “eang” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “eang” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh ehang, from Proto-Brythonic *ehang, from Proto-Celtic *exs-angus (“not narrow”), from *exs- (from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs (“out”)) and *angus (“narrow”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰus (“narrow”)).

Pronunciation

Adjective

eang (feminine singular eang, plural eang)

  1. wide, broad, extensive

Antonyms
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