anfa

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish anbod, anfud (“tempest, storm”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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anfa m or f (genitive singular anfa, nominative plural anfaí)

  1. storm, tempest
  2. stress, terror

Declension

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Declension of anfa

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative anfa anfaí
Vocative a anfa a anfaí
Genitive anfa anfaí
Dative anfa anfaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-anfa na hanfaí
Genitive an anfa na n-anfaí
Dative leis an anfa

don anfa

leis na hanfaí
Declension of anfa

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative anfa anfaí
Vocative a anfa a anfaí
Genitive anfa anfaí
Dative anfa anfaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an anfa na hanfaí
Genitive na hanfa na n-anfaí
Dative leis an anfa

don anfa

leis na hanfaí

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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  • anfach (“stormy, rough, tempestuous”, adjective)
  • anfacht f (“storminess”)
  • anfúil (“terrified; stormy, rough, tempestuous”, adjective)

Mutation

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

References

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Further reading

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  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “anfa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “storm”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
  • “tempest”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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