anail

See also: anáil

Irish

Alternative forms

  • ainil

Etymology

Borrowed from English anil, from Middle French or Portuguese anil, from Andalusian Arabic النيل‎ (an-nīl), from Arabic نِيل‎ (nīl), from Persian نیل‎ (nīl, “indigo”), from Middle Persian, ultimately from Sanskrit नीला (nīlā, “dark blue”).

Noun

anail f (genitive singular anaile, nominative plural anailí)

  1. anil

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
anail n-anail hanail not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish anál (“act of breathing; breath”), verbal noun of anaid.

Noun

anail f (genitive singular analach or anaile, plural anailean)

  1. breath
  2. breeze, air
  3. best
  4. opinion
  5. rest

Derived terms

  • anail nan speur (“wind”, literally “the breath of the skies”)
  • analachadh (“aspiration, lenition”)
  • gearr-anail (“asthma, broken wind”)
  • leig anail (“rest, have a rest”, verb)

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “anál” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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