eanglach

Irish

Alternative forms

• anglach, ionglach

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɨ̞ŋlˠa(x)/ (corresponding to the form ionglach)

Noun

eanglach m (genitive singular eanglaigh)

1. numbness or sharp pain in the extremities, especially when caused by the cold
2. pins and needles

   Synonyms: codladh driúraic, codladh gliúragáin, codladh grifín, diúracas

Declension

Declension of eanglach (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative eanglach vocative a eanglaigh genitive eanglaigh dative eanglach forms with the definite article case singular nominative an t-eanglach genitive an eanglaigh dative leis an eanglach don eanglach

Mutation

Mutated forms of eanglach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eanglach	n-eanglach	heanglach	t-eanglach

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

Further reading

• “eanglach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “eanglaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 278
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ionglaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 407
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eanglach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN