Noun: anafil
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | anafil |
| Plural m | anafís |
Sample Sentences
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Sabean todos que seendo o conçello, justiça et homes bõos, regidores da çidade de Santiago juntados por crida de anafil, segundo que han de costume (Everyone should know this, that being the council, sheriff and good men, mayors of the city of Santiago reunited by the cry of the trumpet, as it's their custom …) [1416, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 9]
Nouns inflected like anafil
perexil,
tamboril,
xabaril,
dedil,
alfil,
funil,
badil,
aguacil,
dentexil,
anafil,
beiril,
barril,
cadril,
cancil,
cantil,
peitoril,
monocarril,
pernil,
gorgomil,
Etymology
From Andalusian Arabic النَفِير (annafīr), from Arabic نَفِير (nafīr). Cognate with Spanish añafil. See: Spanish Nouns '
añafil'.
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