eanglach

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɨŋlˠa(x)/[2] (corresponding to the form ionglach)

Noun

eanglach m (genitive singular eanglaigh)

  1. numbness or sharp pain in the extremities, especially when caused by the cold
  2. pins and needles

Declension

Declension of eanglach (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative eanglach
vocative a eanglaigh
genitive eanglaigh
dative eanglach
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an t-eanglach
genitive an eanglaigh
dative leis an eanglach
don eanglach

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of eanglach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
eanglach n-eanglach heanglach t-eanglach

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

References

  1. ^ “eanglach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 97, page 38

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