anfa

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈanˠəfˠə/

Noun

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

storm, tempest
stress, terror

Declension

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

(storm): doineann, stoirm

Derived terms

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

Mutation

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

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “anfud”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “anfa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
“storm”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2023
“tempest”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2023

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