eang

Irish

Alternative forms

• ang

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
2. 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
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with 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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eang”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “eang”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “eang”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.aŋ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈeː.aŋ/, /ˈɛ.aŋ/

Adjective

eang (feminine singular eang, plural eang, unknown comparative)

1. wide, broad, extensive

Antonyms

• cul, cyfyng