eang

Irish

Alternative forms

• aga, ang, eag, eing, feag, ig, ing

Etymology

From Old Irish eng (“track, trace”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aŋ/
• (Ulster)
  • (notch): IPA^(key): /ɨ̞ɡ/ (corresponding to the form eag)
  • (splice (in a shirt)): IPA^(key): /aŋ/

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

• treoir-eang
• eangach
• eangaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of eang

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eang	n-eang	heang	not applicable

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

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
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “eang”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “eang”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.aŋ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈeː.aŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɛaŋ

Adjective

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

1. wide, broad, extensive

   Antonyms: cul, cyfyng

Derived terms

• band eang (“broadband”)
• byd-eang (“worldwide, global”)
• eangfrydig (“open-minded”)
• ehangder (“breadth, expanse”)
• ehangiad (“extension, expansion”)
• ehangu (“to expand, to enlarge”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of eang

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
eang	unchanged	unchanged	heang

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

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