ainmhidh
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Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish ainmide (“living creature, animal, beast”, literally “having the breath of life, animated”), from Old Irish ainim(m) f (“soul, life”).
Noun[edit]
ainmhidh m (genitive singular ainmhidhe, plural ainmhidhean)
Related terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ainmhidh | n-ainmhidh | h-ainmhidh | t-ainmhidh |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading[edit]
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “ainmhidh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ainmide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language