anifail

Welsh

Alternative forms
  • enifail

Etymology

From Middle Welsh anyueyl, from Proto-Brythonic *anɨβ̃ėl, borrowed from Latin animal, animālis (compare Breton aneval, Middle Cornish enevalles pl).

Pronunciation
  • (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /aˈnɪvai̯l/
  • (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /aˈniːvai̯l/, /aˈnɪvai̯l/
    • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /aˈniːvɛl/, /aˈnɪvɛl/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪvai̯l, -ɪvɛl

Noun

anifail m (plural anifeiliaid or anifeilaid or anifeiliod or anifeilod, feminine anifeiles, diminutive anifeilyn)

  1. animal, beast
  2. (figuratively, derogatory, offensive) beastly person

Derived terms
  • 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
Welsh mutation
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
  • 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
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