# engach
## Old Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈeŋɡax/

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Adjective

engach
* noisy, vociferous

##### Inflection

o/ā-stem :
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | engach | engach | engach |
| Vocative | engaig* engach** | engach | engach |
| Accusative | engach | engaig | engach |
| Genitive | engaig | engaige | engaig |
| Dative | engach | engaig | engach |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | Feminine/neuter |
| Nominative | engaig | engacha | engacha |
| Vocative | engachu engacha† | engacha | engacha |
| Accusative | engachu engacha† | engacha | engacha |
| Genitive | engach | engach | engach |
| Dative | engachaib | engachaib | 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 | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized | *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
* babbler, prater
* noise, vociferation, gabbling

##### Inflection

Masculine o-stem :
| | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Nominative | engach | engach$^L$ | engaig$^L$ |
| Vocative | engaig | engach$^L$ | engachu$^H$ |
| Accusative | engach$^N$ | engach$^L$ | engachu$^H$ |
| Genitive | engaig$^L$ | engach | engach$^N$ |
| Dative | engach$^L$ | 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
* variegated, pied, particolored, striped, checkered
* grooved, undulating

##### Inflection

o/ā-stem :
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | engach | engach | engach |
| Vocative | engaig* engach** | engach | engach |
| Accusative | engach | engaig | engach |
| Genitive | engaig | engaige | engaig |
| Dative | engach | engaig | engach |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | Feminine/neuter |
| Nominative | engaig | engacha | engacha |
| Vocative | engachu engacha† | engacha | engacha |
| Accusative | engachu engacha† | engacha | engacha |
| Genitive | engach | engach | engach |
| Dative | engachaib | engachaib | 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 | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized | *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”)

### 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