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/
  • (South Wales) (standard) IPA(key): /aˈniːvai̯l/, /aˈnɪvai̯l/
    • (South Wales) (colloquial) IPA(key): /aˈniːvɛl/, /aˈnɪvɛl/
  • (file)

Noun

anifail m (plural anifeiliaid or anifeilaid or anifeiliod or anifeilod, feminine anifeiles, diminutive anifeilyn)

  1. animal, beast
  2. (figuratively, derogatory) beastly person

Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalh-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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