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:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative falang falaing
Vocative a fhalaing a fhalanga
Genitive falaing falang
Dative falang falaing

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an falang na falaing
Genitive an fhalaing na bhfalang
Dative leis an bhfalang

don fhalang

 leis na falaing

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
falang fhalang bhfalang
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “falang”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “phalanx”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024

Swedish

Etymology

From French phalange, borrowed from Ancient Greek φᾰ́λᾰγξ (phálanx) (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 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative falang falangen falanger falangerna
Genitive falangs falangens falangers falangernas

References
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