anfholláine

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish anḟolláine; synchronically, an- (negative prefix) +‎ folláine (“healthiness; wholesomeness, soundness”).

Noun

anfholláine f (genitive singular anfholláine)

1. unwholesomeness

   Synonym: mífholláine

Declension

Declension of anfholláine

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative anfholláine Vocative a anfholláine Genitive anfholláine Dative anfholláine

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an anfholláine Genitive na hanfholláine Dative leis an anfholláine don anfholláine

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

anfholláine

1. inflection of anfholláin (“unwholesome”):
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural
   3. comparative degree

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
anfholláine	n-anfholláine	hanfholláine	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “anfholláine”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “anḟolláine”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language