anlann

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IrishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Irish annland m ‎(“condiment, savoury, relish accompanying another food, such as butter with bread, etc.”) (compare Welsh enllyn).

NounEdit

anlann m ‎(genitive singular anlainn, nominative plural anlainn)

1. kitchen, tasty food (e.g. butter, meat, fish) taken with bread or potatoes
2. condiment; sauce

   Is maith an t-anlann an t-ocras.‎

   Hunger is a good sauce.

3. corresponding measure, complement

DeclensionEdit

Declension of anlann

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative anlann anlainn Vocative a anlainn a anlanna Genitive anlainn anlann Dative anlann anlainn

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-anlann na hanlainn Genitive an anlainn na n-anlann Dative leis an anlann don anlann leis na hanlainn

SynonymsEdit

• (condiment): bealaíocht, tarsann

Derived termsEdit

• eascra anlainn ‎(“sauce-boat”)
• is maith an t-anlann an t-ocras

MutationEdit

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
anlann	n-anlann	hanlann	t-anlann
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

ReferencesEdit

• "anlann" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “annland” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.