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anáil

anáil

See also: anail

Irish

Noun

anáil f ‎(genitive singular anála, nominative plural análacha)

breath
Tharraing sé anáil.‎ ― He drew a breath.
air
influence

Declension

Declension of anáil

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	anáil	análacha
Vocative	a anáil	a análacha
Genitive	anála	análacha
Dative	anáil	análacha

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an anáil	na hanálacha
Genitive	na hanála	na n-análacha
Dative	leis an anáil don anáil	leis na hanálacha

Alternate declension

Declension of anáil

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	anáil	análacha
Vocative	a anáil	a análacha
Genitive	anáile	análacha
Dative	anáil	análacha

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an anáil	na hanálacha
Genitive	na hanáile	na n-análacha
Dative	leis an anáil don anáil	leis na hanálacha

Derived terms

Terms derived from anáil

anáil a chur faoi rud ‎(“breathe upon something; exert an influence on something”, verb)
anáil a tharraingt ‎(“draw a breath; breathe”, verb)
anáil éadrom ‎(“light, shallow, breathing”)
anáil shaothrach, duainéis anála, saothar anála ‎(“laboured breathing”)
anáil throm ‎(“heavy breathing”)
análach ‎(“airy; aspirated; respiratory”, adj)
análaigh ‎(“breathe, respire; aspirate”, verb)

athmhúscailt anála ‎(“artificial respiration”)
briseadh anála ‎(“broken wind, heaves”)
clais anála ‎(“gullet, throat”)
deacair anála ‎(“difficulty in breathing”)
díogarnach anála ‎(“gasping for breath”)
gearr san anáil ‎(“short of breath”)

imshaothar anála ‎(“extremely laboured breathing, panting”)
luas anála ‎(“rapid breathing, panting”)
poll anála ‎(“air-port”)
puth anála ‎(“breath of air”)
séideadh anála ‎(“blowing of breath; puffing”)
snag anála ‎(“catch in breath”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
anáil	n-anáil	hanáil	t-anáil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"anáil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 99.
“anál” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.