anfais

Irish

Alternative forms

• anafais

Etymology

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Noun

anfais f (genitive singular anfaise)

1. commotion

   Synonym: clampar

2. dismay

Declension

Declension of anfais (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative anfais vocative a anfais genitive anfaise dative anfais forms with the definite article case singular nominative an anfais genitive na hanfaise dative leis an anfais don anfais

Derived terms

• anfaiseach (“dismayed”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of anfais

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
anfais	n-anfais	hanfais	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

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