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anaithiúil
anaithiúil
Irish
Adjective
anaithiúil (genitive singular masculine anaithiúil, genitive singular feminine anaithiúla, plural anaithiúla, comparative anaithiúla)
- Alternative form of anfúil (“terrified”)
Declension
Declension of anaithiúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | anaithiúil | anaithiúil¹ | anaithiúla³ | |
| Vocative | anaithiúil¹ | anaithiúla | ||
| Genitive | anaithiúil¹ (archaic) anaithiúla¹ |
anaithiúla | anaithiúla | anaithiúil |
| Dative | anaithiúil² | anaithiúil¹ | anaithiúla³ | |
| Comparative | níos anaithiúla | |||
| Superlative | is anaithiúla | |||
¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| anaithiúil | n-anaithiúil | hanaithiúil | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "anaithiúil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.