eangach

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈaŋ(ɡ)əx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈaŋa(x)/^[1]

Etymology 1

Possibly a substantivization of Middle Irish engach (“checkered, variegated, striped”).^[2]

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

• eangach ghruaige (“hairnet”)
• eangach léarscáile (“map grid”)
• eangachúil (“reticular”, adjective)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish engach (“variegated; grooved”).^[3][4] 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

Mutated forms of eangach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eangach	n-eangach	heangach	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 302, page 106
2. Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “5 engach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
3. Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 engach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
4. Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 engach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eangach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN