anfháilte

Irish

Alternative forms

• anbhfáilte

Etymology

From an- (“bad, unnatural”) +‎ fáilte (“welcome”).

Noun

anfháilte f (genitive singular anfháilte)

1. cold welcome

Declension

Declension of anfháilte (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative anfháilte vocative a anfháilte genitive anfháilte dative anfháilte forms with the definite article case singular nominative an anfháilte genitive na hanfháilte dative leis an anfháilte don anfháilte

Mutation

Mutated forms of anfháilte

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
anfháilte	n-anfháilte	hanfháilte	t-anfháilte

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) “anfháilte”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN