falang

See also: fǎláng

English

Noun

falang (plural falangs)

  1. Alternative spelling of farang.

Anagrams

Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx, “battle order, array”).

Noun

falang m (genitive singular falaing, nominative plural falaing)

  1. (anatomy) phalange
  2. (military) phalanx

Declension

Declension of falang (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative falang falaing
vocative a fhalaing a fhalanga
genitive falaing falang
dative falang falaing
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an falang na falaing
genitive an fhalaing na bhfalang
dative leis an bhfalang
don fhalang 		leis na falaing

Mutation

Mutated forms of falang
radical lenition eclipsis
falang fhalang bhfalang

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “falang”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “phalanx”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Swedish

Etymology

From French phalange, borrowed from Ancient Greek φᾰ́λᾰγξ (phắlănx) (perhaps via Latin phalangem, accusative singular of phalanx).

Related to balk, bjälke, balkong, debauchera, planka, plank and plansch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faˈlaŋ/

Noun

falang c

  1. (politics) part or group of people within a party with a distinct opinion that may be more extreme or differ from the majority
  2. (anatomy) phalange
  3. (military) phalanx

Declension

Declension of falang
nominative genitive
singular indefinite falang falangs
definite falangen falangens
plural indefinite falanger falangers
definite falangerna falangernas

References

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