anlaith

Irish

Alternative forms

• anfhlaith

Etymology

From Old Irish anflaith (“non-lord, commoner; usurper, tyrant”). By surface analysis, an- (“bad, unnatural”) +‎ flaith (“ruler, prince; lord, chief”).

Noun

anlaith m (genitive singular anlatha, nominative plural anlatha)

1. tyrant

   Synonym: aintiarna

2. usurper

   Synonyms: forghabhálaí, forlámhaí

Declension

Declension of anlaith (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative anlaith anlatha vocative a anlaith a anlatha genitive anlatha anlaith dative anlaith anlatha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-anlaith na hanlatha genitive an anlatha na n-anlaith dative leis an anlaith don anlaith leis na hanlatha

Mutation

Mutated forms of anlaith

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
anlaith	n-anlaith	hanlaith	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) “anlaith”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “anflaith”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language