anás

See also: Appendix:Variations of "anas"

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From an- (“bad”) +‎ áitheas (“success”). The spelling anfhás is due to a folk etymology as an- +‎ fás (“growth”).

Pronunciation

Noun

anás m (genitive singular anáis)

  1. need, poverty, dire straits

Declension

Declension of anás (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative anás
vocative a anáis
genitive anáis
dative anás
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an t-anás
genitive an anáis
dative leis an anás
don anás

Derived terms

  • anásta (“needy; clumsy, awkward”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of anás
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
anás n-anás hanás t-anás

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 477, page 152

Further reading

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