ainmhí
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Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Munster) IPA(key): /anʲəˈvʲĩː/, /anʲəˈṽʲĩː/[1]
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈanʲəvʲiː/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɛnʲəvʲi/[2]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle Irish ainmide (“living creature, animal, beast”, literally “having the breath of life, animated”), from Old Irish ainim(m) (“soul, life”).
Noun[edit]
ainmhí m (genitive singular ainmhí, nominative plural ainmhithe)
Declension[edit]
Declension of ainmhí
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective[edit]
ainmhí
- inflection of ainmheach:
Alternative forms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
ainmhí | n-ainmhí | hainmhí | t-ainmhí |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ainmhí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “ainmhí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ainmhí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ainmide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
References[edit]
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 31
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 36