anáil

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See also: anail

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

anáil f (genitive singular anála, nominative plural análacha)

  1. breath
    Tharraing sé anáil.
    He drew a breath.
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, 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

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

  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 (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 99

Further reading

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

anáil

  1. Alternative form of anál
  2. 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.