anail
See also: anáil
Irish
Alternative forms
- ainil
Etymology
Borrowed from English anil, from Middle French or Portuguese anil, from Andalusian Arabic النيل (an-nīl), from Arabic نِيل (nīl), from Persian نیل (nīl, “indigo”), from Middle Persian, ultimately from Sanskrit नीला (nīlā, “dark blue”).
Declension
Declension of anail
Second declension
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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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. |
Scottish Gaelic
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
- “anál” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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