anáil

See also: anail

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish anál (“breathing, breath”) (verbal noun of anaid), from Proto-Celtic *anatlā.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Aran) IPA^(key): /əˈnɑːl/^[2]

Noun

anáil f (genitive singular anála, nominative plural análacha)

breath
Tharraing sé anáil.
He drew a breath.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 99:
  wil šēd bĭō fōs? tā n ənā́l in̄təb.
  [An bhfuil siad beo fós? Tá an anáil iontu.]
  Are they still alive? The breath is in them.

Declension

Declension of anáil (third declension)

bare forms
case	singular	plural
nominative	anáil	análacha
vocative	a anáil	a análacha
genitive	anála	análacha
dative	anáil	análacha

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an anáil	na hanálacha
genitive	na hanála	na n-análacha
dative	leis an anáil don anáil	leis na hanálacha

Alternate declension

Declension of anáil (second declension)

bare forms
case	singular	plural
nominative	anáil	análacha
vocative	a anáil	a análacha
genitive	anáile	análacha
dative	anáil	análacha

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an anáil	na hanálacha
genitive	na hanáile	na n-análacha
dative	leis an anáil don anáil	leis na hanálacha

Derived terms

anáil a chur faoi rud (“breathe upon something; exert an influence on something”, verb)
anáil a tharraingt (“draw a breath; breathe”, verb)
anáil éadrom (“light, shallow, breathing”)
anáil shaothrach (“laboured breathing”)
anáil throm (“heavy breathing”)
análach (“airy; aspirated; respiratory”, adjective)
análaigh (“breathe, respire; aspirate”, verb)
athmhúscailt anála (“artificial respiration”)
briseadh anála (“broken wind, heaves”)
clais anála (“gullet, throat”)
deacair anála (“difficulty in breathing”)
díogarnach anála (“gasping for breath”)
duainéis anála (“laboured breathing”)
gearr san anáil (“short of breath”)
imshaothar anála (“extremely laboured breathing, panting”)
luas anála (“rapid breathing, panting”)
poll anála (“air-port”)
puth anála (“breath of air”)
saothar anála (“laboured breathing”)
séideadh anála (“blowing of breath; puffing”)
snag anála (“catch in breath”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *anáil*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
anáil	n-anáil	hanáil	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “anál”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 99

Old Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈanaːlʲ/

Noun

anáil

Alternative form of anál
dative/accusative singular of anál

Mutation

Mutation of *anáil*
radical	lenition	nasalization
anáil (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-anáil

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

[1] Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “anál”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

[2] Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 99

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