Definify.com
Definition 2025
anail
anail
See also: anáil
Irish
Alternative forms
- ainil
Noun
anail f (genitive singular anaile, nominative plural anailí)
Declension
Declension of anail
Second declension
|
Bare forms
|
Forms with the definite article
|
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| anail | n-anail | hanail | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "anail" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish anál (“act of breathing; breath”), verbal noun of anaid.
Noun
anail f (genitive singular analach or anaile, plural anailean)
Derived terms
- anail nan speur (“wind”, literally “the breath of the skies”)
- analachadh (“aspiration, lenition”)
- gearr-anail (“asthma, broken wind”)
- leig anail (“rest, have a rest”, verb)
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- “anál” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.