eang

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish eng (“track, trace”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aŋ/
  • (Ulster)
    • (notch): IPA(key): /ɨ̞ɡ/[2] (corresponding to the form eag)
    • (splice (in a shirt)): IPA(key): /aŋ/[3]

Noun

eang f (genitive singular eanga, nominative plural eangaí)

  1. track, footprint
    Chuaigh mé ar eang an tsionnaigh
    I tracked the fox.
    eang ar eang ― step by step; one after another
  2. gusset
  3. splice, strip
  4. notch; nick, groove

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

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.

References
  1. “eang”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 106, page 42
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 302, page 106

Further reading
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “eang”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 278
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eang”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • 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”); see ech-) and *angus (“narrow”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰus (“narrow”)).

Pronunciation

Adjective

eang (feminine singular eang, plural eang, equative ehanged, comparative ehangach, superlative ehangaf)

  1. wide, broad, extensive
    Antonyms: cul, cyfyng

Derived terms

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
eang unchanged unchanged heang
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “eang”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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