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eangach

eangach

Irish

Noun

eangach f (genitive singular eangaí, nominative plural eangacha)

  1. (fishing, computing, etc.) net
  2. (computing, etc.) network
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish engach (variegated; grooved); synchronically analyzable as 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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
eangach n-eangach heangach t-eangach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • "eangach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • 3 engach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • 5 engach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.