angen

angen

1. Romanization of ᬳᬗᭂᬦ᭄

angen

1. Romanization of ꦲꦔꦼꦤ꧀

angen

1. construct state of ang

angen

1. Romanization of ᮃᮍᮨᮔ᮪

From Middle Welsh aghen, from Proto-Brythonic *anken (compare Cornish and Breton anken, from Proto-Celtic *ankenā (cognate with Old Irish éicen (“force; necessity”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach, attain”) cognate with Ancient Greek ἀνάγκη (anánkē, “force; necessity”).^[1]

An alternative theory derives the Celtic from Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- (“to perish, disappear”); this derivation is semantically bold.^[2]

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈaŋɛn/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈaŋan/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈaŋɛn/

angen m (usually uncountable, plural anghenion)

1. need
   • 1803, William Owen Pughe, "A Dictionary of the Welsh Language", Volume 1

     Perid i Zyvrig arçeſgob wynieuthu Arthur yn vrenin, a dodi coron am ei ben; canys eu hangen oez yn eu cymhell.

     Perid i Ddyfrig archesgob wynieuthu Arthur yn frenin, a dodi coron am ei ben; canys eu hangen oedd yn eu cymhell. (modernized spelling)

     Dyfrig the archbishop was commanded to consecrate Arthur as king, and to place the crown upon his head; for their necessity was pressing upon them.

2. (functioning as verbal noun) (a person etc.) in need of; as a predicate of bod, can be translated with the verb “to need”

   Bydd Gareth angen calon newydd.

   Gareth will need a new heart.

   (literally, “Gareth will be a person in need of a new heart.”)

Because angen is a noun, it does not use yn with bod and has no stem, meaning it must be used periphrastically.

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