anfúil
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (terrified): anaithiúil
Etymology
[edit]From anfa (“storm, tempest; stress, terror”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]anfúil (genitive singular masculine anfúil, genitive singular feminine anfúla, plural anfúla, comparative anfúla)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | anfúil | anfúil | anfúla | |
| vocative | anfúil | anfúla | ||
| genitive | anfúla | anfúla | anfúil | |
| dative | anfúil | anfúil | anfúla | |
| Comparative | níos anfúla | |||
| Superlative | is anfúla | |||
Synonyms
[edit]- (stormy, rough, tempestuous): anfach
Mutation
[edit]| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| anfúil | n-anfúil | hanfúil | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “anfúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN