anail

See also: anáil

Irish

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

anail f (genitive singular anaile, nominative plural anailí)

Declension of anail (second declension)

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an anail	na hanailí
genitive	na hanaile	na n-anailí
dative	leis an anail don anail	leis na hanailí

Mutated forms of *anail*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
anail	n-anail	hanail	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “anail”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “anail”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“anail”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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

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

Mutation of *anail*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
anail	n-anail	h-anail	t-anail

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Edward Dwelly (1911) “anail”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “anál”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language