andúil

Irish

Etymology

From an- (“great”) +‎ dúil (“desire”).

Noun

andúil f (genitive singular andúile)

1. craving; addiction

Declension

Declension of andúil (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative andúil vocative a andúil genitive andúile dative andúil forms with the definite article case singular nominative an andúil genitive na handúile dative leis an andúil don andúil

Derived terms

• andúil i ndrugaí (“drug addiction”)
• andúileach (“addict”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of andúil

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
andúil	n-andúil	handúil	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) “andúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “addiction”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• “craving”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024