anlaith
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish anflaith (“non-lord, commoner; usurper, tyrant”); synchronically, an- (“in-, un-, not; bad, unnatural; over-, excessive”) + flaith (“ruler, prince; lord, chief”).
Noun
anlaith m (genitive singular anlatha, nominative plural anlatha)
- tyrant
- Synonym: aintiarna
- usurper
- Synonyms: forghabhálaí, forlámhaí
Declension
Declension of anlaith
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
anlaith | n-anlaith | hanlaith | 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) “anlaith”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “anflaith”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language