eangach

== Irish == === Pronunciation === (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈaŋ(ɡ)əx/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈaŋa(x)/ === Etymology 1 === Possibly a substantivization of Middle Irish engach (“checkered, variegated, striped”). ==== Noun ==== eangach f (genitive singular eangaí, nominative plural eangacha) (fishing, computing, etc.) net (computing, etc.) network ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== eangach ghruaige (“hairnet”) eangach léarscáile (“map grid”) eangachúil (“reticular”, adjective) === Etymology 2 === From Old Irish engach (“variegated; grooved”). By surface analysis, eang (“gusset; notch”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix). ==== Adjective ==== eangach (genitive singular masculine eangaigh, genitive singular feminine eangaí, plural eangacha, comparative eangaí) gusseted patched, checkered notched, grooved, indented ===== Declension ===== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “eangach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN