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anfa

anfa

Irish

Alternative forms

Noun

anfa m, f ‎(genitive singular anfa, nominative plural anfaí)

(weather) storm, tempest
stress, terror

Declension

Declension of anfa

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	anfa	anfaí
Vocative	a anfa	a anfaí
Genitive	anfa	anfaí
Dative	anfa	anfaí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-anfa	na hanfaí
Genitive	an anfa	na n-anfaí
Dative	leis an anfa don anfa	leis na hanfaí

Declension of anfa

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	anfa	anfaí
Vocative	a anfa	a anfaí
Genitive	anfa	anfaí
Dative	anfa	anfaí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an anfa	na hanfaí
Genitive	na hanfa	na n-anfaí
Dative	leis an anfa don anfa	leis na hanfaí

Synonyms

(storm): doineann, stoirm

Derived terms

anfach ‎(“stormy, rough, tempestuous”, adjective)
anfacht f ‎(“storminess”)
anfúil ‎(“terrified; stormy, rough, tempestuous”, adjective)

Mutation

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

References

"anfa" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“anfud” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.