falang
See also: fǎláng
English edit
Noun edit
falang (plural falangs)
- Alternative spelling of farang
Anagrams edit
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx, “battle order, array”).
Noun edit
falang m (genitive singular falaing, nominative plural falaing)
Declension edit
Declension of falang
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
falang | fhalang | bhfalang |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “falang”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “phalanx”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From French phalange, borrowed from Ancient Greek φᾰ́λᾰγξ (phálanx) (perhaps via Latin phalangem, accusative singular of phalanx).
Related to balk, bjälke, balkong, debauchera, planka, plank and plansch.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
falang c
- (politics) part or group of people within a party with a distinct opinion that may be more extreme or differ from the majority
- (anatomy) phalange
- (military) phalanx
Declension edit
Declension of falang | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | falang | falangen | falanger | falangerna |
Genitive | falangs | falangens | falangers | falangernas |