engach
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeŋɡax/
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Inflection
| o/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | engach | engach | engach |
| Vocative | engaig* engach** | ||
| Accusative | engach | engaig | |
| Genitive | engaig | engaige | engaig |
| Dative | engach | engaig | engach |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
| Nominative | engaig | engacha | |
| Vocative | engachu engacha† | ||
| Accusative | engachu engacha† | ||
| Genitive | engach | ||
| Dative | engachaib | ||
| Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative | ||
Inflection
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | engach | engachL | engaigL |
| Vocative | engaig | engachL | engachuH |
| Accusative | engachN | engachL | engachuH |
| Genitive | engaigL | engach | engachN |
| Dative | engachL | engachaib | engachaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Inflection
| o/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | engach | engach | engach |
| Vocative | engaig* engach** | ||
| Accusative | engach | engaig | |
| Genitive | engaig | engaige | engaig |
| Dative | engach | engaig | engach |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
| Nominative | engaig | engacha | |
| Vocative | engachu engacha† | ||
| Accusative | engachu engacha† | ||
| Genitive | engach | ||
| Dative | engachaib | ||
| Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative | ||
Descendants
- Irish: eangach (“gusseted; patched, checkered; notched, grooved, indented”)
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| engach | unchanged | n-engach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 engach ‘noisy, vociferous’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 engach ‘variegated’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “3 engach ‘grooved, undulating’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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