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 (nil, “indigo”), from Middle Persian, ultimately from Sanskrit नीला (nīlā, “dark blue”).

Noun

anail f (genitive singular anaile, nominative plural anailí)

1. anil

   Synonym: plúirín

Declension

Declension of anail (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative anail anailí vocative a anail a anailí genitive anaile anailí dative anail anailí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an anail na hanailí genitive na hanaile na n-anailí dative leis an anail don anail leis na hanailí

Mutation

Mutated forms of anail

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
anail	n-anail	hanail	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “anail”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “anail”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “anail”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish anál (“act of breathing; breath”) (compare modern Irish anáil), 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)

 

Mutation

Mutation of anail

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
anail	n-anail	h-anail	t-anail

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “anail”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “anál”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language