andúil

Irish

Etymology

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

Noun

andúil f (genitive singular andúile)

1. craving; addiction

Declension

Declension of andúil

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) 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

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
andúil	n-andúil	handúil	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) “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