anlaith

Irish

Alternative forms

• anfhlaith

Etymology

From Old Irish anflaith (“non-lord, commoner; usurper, tyrant”). By surface analysis, an- (“bad, unnatural”) +‎ flaith (“ruler, prince; lord, chief”).

Noun

anlaith m (genitive singular anlatha, nominative plural anlatha)

1. tyrant

   Synonym: aintiarna

2. usurper

   Synonyms: forghabhálaí, forlámhaí

Declension

Declension of anlaith

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative anlaith anlatha Vocative a anlaith a anlatha Genitive anlatha anlaith Dative anlaith anlatha

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-anlaith na hanlatha Genitive an anlatha na n-anlaith Dative leis an anlaith don anlaith leis na hanlatha

Mutation

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “anlaith”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “anflaith”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language