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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish eng (track, trace).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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eang f (genitive singular eanga, nominative plural eangaí)

  1. track, footprint
    Chuaigh mé ar eang an tsionnaigh
    I tracked the fox.
    eang ar eangstep by step; one after another
  2. gusset
  3. splice, strip
  4. notch; nick, groove

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Mutation

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

References

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  1. ^ eang”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 106, page 42
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 302, page 106

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Welsh

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Etymology

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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)).

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Adjective

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

  1. wide, broad, extensive
    Antonyms: cul, cyfyng

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
eang unchanged unchanged heang
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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  • 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