anáil
See also: anail
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish anál (“breathing, breath”) (verbal noun of anaid), from Proto-Celtic *anatlā.
Pronunciation
- (Aran) IPA(key): /əˈnɑːl/
Noun
anáil f (genitive singular anála, nominative plural análacha)
- breath
- Tharraing sé anáil. ― He drew a breath.
- air
- influence
Declension
Declension of anáil
Third declension
Bare forms:
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- Alternate declension
Declension of anáil
Second declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
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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, duainéis anála, saothar anála (“laboured breathing”)
- anáil throm (“heavy breathing”)
- análach (“airy; aspirated; respiratory”, adj)
- 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”)
- 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”)
- séideadh anála (“blowing of breath; puffing”)
- snag anála (“catch in breath”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| anáil | n-anáil | hanáil | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "anáil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 99.
- “anál” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.