ancalóis

Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀγκύλωσις (ankúlōsis, “a stiffening of the joints”), from ἀγκυλόειν (ankulóein, “to crook, bend”), from ἀγκύλος (ankúlos, “bent, crooked”).

Noun

ancalóis f (genitive singular ancalóise)

1. (anatomy, medicine) anchylosis

Declension

Declension of ancalóis (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative ancalóis vocative a ancalóis genitive ancalóise dative ancalóis forms with the definite article case singular nominative an ancalóis genitive na hancalóise dative leis an ancalóis don ancalóis

Mutation

Mutated forms of ancalóis

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ancalóis	n-ancalóis	hancalóis	not applicable

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

Further reading

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