anás

See also: Appendix:Variations of "anas"

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

anás m (genitive singular anáis)

1. need, poverty
   1. needy person
   2. clumsy, awkward, person

Declension

Declension of anás

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative anás Vocative a anáis Genitive anáis Dative anás

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-anás Genitive an anáis Dative leis an anás don anás

Derived terms

• anásta (“needy; clumsy, awkward”, adjective)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “anás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN