anáil

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Irish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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anáil f (genitive singular anála, nominative plural análacha)

  1. breath
    Tharraing sé anáil.
    He drew a breath.
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, 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

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Alternate declension

Derived terms

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Mutation

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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

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  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 (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 99

Further reading

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Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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anáil

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

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
anáil
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged n-anáil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.