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anail

anail

See also: anáil

Irish

Alternative forms

  • ainil

Noun

anail f (genitive singular anaile, nominative plural anailí)

  1. anil

Declension

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


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)

  1. breath
  2. breeze, air
  3. best
  4. opinion
  5. rest

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.