falang

See also: fǎláng

English

Noun

falang (plural falangs)

1. Alternative spelling of farang

Anagrams

• LAGNAF

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

• falang in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)