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
Notes	*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
Notes	*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

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
engach (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-engach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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