anifail
Welsh
Alternative forms
- enifail
Etymology
From Latin animal, animālis (compare Breton aneval, Middle Cornish enevalles pl).
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) (standard) (colloquial) IPA(key): /aˈnɪvai̯l/
- (North Wales) (colloquial) IPA(key): /aˈnɪvɛl/
- (South Wales) (standard) IPA(key): /aˈniːvai̯l/, /aˈnɪvai̯l/
- (South Wales) (colloquial) IPA(key): /aˈniːvɛl/, /aˈnɪvɛl/
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Noun
anifail m (plural anifeiliaid or anifeilaid or anifeiliod or anifeilod, feminine anifeiles, diminutive anifeilyn)
- animal, beast
- (figuratively, derogatory) beastly person
Derived terms
Terms derived from anifail
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Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| anifail | unchanged | unchanged | hanifail |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- “anifail, &c.”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 2014
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