angar

See also: ängar, angår, and ångar

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Irish

Alternative forms

• amhgar

Etymology

Noun

angar m (genitive singular angair)

1. want, distress, affliction, austerity, privation

Declension

Declension of angar

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative angar Vocative a angair Genitive angair Dative angar

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-angar Genitive an angair Dative leis an angar don angar

Derived terms

• angarach (“distressed, afflicted”, adjective)
• go bun an angair (“to the bitter end”)
• lom-angar (“sheer want, harsh necessity; necessitous person”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
angar	n-angar	hangar	t-angar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• "angar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “austerity” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• “privation” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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Verb

angar

1. first-person singular future passive indicative of angō