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.)

Adjective

engach

1. noisy, vociferous

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

*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Noun

engach m

1. babbler, prater
2. noise, vociferation, gabbling

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:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

engach

1. variegated, pied, particolored, striped, checkered
2. grooved, undulating

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

*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Descendants

• Irish: eangach (“gusseted; patched, checkered; notched, grooved, indented”)

Mutation

Mutation of engach

radical	lenition	nasalization
engach (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-engach

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 engach ‘noisy, vociferous’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 engach ‘variegated’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 engach ‘grooved, undulating’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language