anáil

See also: anail

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish anál (“breathing, breath”) (verbal noun of anaid), from Proto-Celtic *anatlā.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

anáil f (genitive singular anála, nominative plural análacha)

  1. breath
    Tharraing sé anáil.
    He drew a breath.
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 99:
      wil šēd bĭō fōs? tā n ənā́l in̄təb.
      [An bhfuil siad beo fós? Tá an anáil iontu.]
      Are they still alive? The breath is in them.

Declension

Declension of anáil (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative anáil análacha
vocative a anáil a análacha
genitive anála análacha
dative anáil análacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an anáil na hanálacha
genitive na hanála na n-análacha
dative leis an anáil
don anáil 		leis na hanálacha
Alternate declension
Declension of anáil (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative anáil análacha
vocative a anáil a análacha
genitive anáile análacha
dative anáil análacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an anáil na hanálacha
genitive na hanáile na n-análacha
dative leis an anáil
don anáil 		leis na hanálacha

Derived terms

  • anáil a chur faoi rud (“breathe upon something; exert an influence on something”, verb)
  • anáil a tharraingt (“draw a breath; breathe”, verb)
  • anáil éadrom (“light, shallow, breathing”)
  • anáil shaothrach (“laboured breathing”)
  • anáil throm (“heavy breathing”)
  • análach (“airy; aspirated; respiratory”, adjective)
  • análaigh (“breathe, respire; aspirate”, verb)
  • athmhúscailt anála (“artificial respiration”)
  • briseadh anála (“broken wind, heaves”)
  • clais anála (“gullet, throat”)
  • deacair anála (“difficulty in breathing”)
  • díogarnach anála (“gasping for breath”)
  • duainéis anála (“laboured breathing”)
  • gearr san anáil (“short of breath”)
  • imshaothar anála (“extremely laboured breathing, panting”)
  • luas anála (“rapid breathing, panting”)
  • poll anála (“air-port”)
  • puth anála (“breath of air”)
  • saothar anála (“laboured breathing”)
  • séideadh anála (“blowing of breath; puffing”)
  • snag anála (“catch in breath”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of anáil
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
anáil n-anáil hanáil 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

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “anál”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 99

Further reading

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈanaːlʲ/

Noun

anáil

  1. alternative form of anál
  2. dative/accusative singular of anál

Mutation

Mutation of anáil
radical lenition nasalization
anáil
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)		 anáil n-anáil

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

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