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anfúil
anfúil
Irish
Alternative forms
- (terrified): anaithiúil
Adjective
anfúil (genitive singular masculine anfúil, genitive singular feminine anfúla, plural anfúla, comparative anfúla)
Declension
Declension of anfúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | anfúil | anfúil¹ | anfúla³ | |
| Vocative | anfúil¹ | anfúla | ||
| Genitive | anfúil¹ (archaic) anfúla¹ |
anfúla | anfúla | anfúil |
| Dative | anfúil² | anfúil¹ | anfúla³ | |
| Comparative | níos anfúla | |||
| Superlative | is anfúla | |||
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.
Synonyms
- (stormy, rough, tempestuous): anfach
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| anfúil | n-anfúil | hanfúil | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "anfúil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.