anail

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See also: anáil

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English anil, from Middle French or Portuguese anil, from Andalusian Arabic النيل (an-nīl), from Arabic نِيل (nīl), from Persian نیل (nil, “indigo”), from Middle Persian, ultimately from Sanskrit नीला (nīlā, “dark blue”).

Noun

anail f (genitive singular anaile, nominative plural anailí)

  1. anil
    Synonym: plúirín

Declension

Declension of anail

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative anail anailí
Vocative a anail a anailí
Genitive anaile anailí
Dative anail anailí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an anail na hanailí
Genitive na hanaile na n-anailí
Dative leis an anail

don anail

leis na hanailí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
anail n-anail hanail not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish anál (“act of breathing; breath”) (compare modern Irish anáil), verbal noun of anaid.

Noun

anail f (genitive singular analach or anaile, plural anailean)

  1. breath
  2. breeze, air
  3. best
  4. opinion
  5. rest

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
anail n-anail h-anail t-anail
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “anail”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “anál”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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