anifail
Welsh edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Welsh anyueyl, from Proto-Brythonic *anɨβ̃ėl, borrowed from Latin animal, animālis (compare Breton aneval, Middle Cornish enevalles pl).
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /aˈnɪvai̯l/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /aˈnɪvɛl/
- (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /aˈniːvai̯l/, /aˈnɪvai̯l/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /aˈniːvɛl/, /aˈnɪvɛl/
(file) - Rhymes: -ɪvai̯l, -ɪvɛl
Noun edit
anifail m (plural anifeiliaid or anifeilaid or anifeiliod or anifeilod, feminine anifeiles, diminutive anifeilyn)
- animal, beast
- (figuratively, derogatory, offensive) beastly person
Derived terms edit
- anifail baich m (“pack animal, beast of burden”)
- anifail cors m (“brutish person”)
- anifail gwaith m (“work animal, beast of burden”)
- anifail (y) maes (“beast of the field”)
- anifeilaid disynnwyr m pl (“dumb animals, brute beasts”)
- anifeilaidd (“animal-like, bestial, beastly, brutish, savage, foul; animal, carnal, sensual”)
- anifeildra m (“animal nature, brutishness, bestiality, beastliness, cruelty”)
- anifeilddyn m (“savage”)
- anifeileg f (“zoology”)
- anifeiliaid gwedd m pl (“draught animals”)
- anifeilig, anifeiliol (“animal”, adjective)
- anifeilrwydd m (“carnality, sensuality”)
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
anifail | unchanged | unchanged | hanifail |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “anifail, &c.”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies