ainimm
Old Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin anima, or possibly from Proto-Celtic *anaman. Both from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos, a nominal derivative of *h₂enh₁- (“breathe”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈanʲim/
Noun
ainimm f (genitive anmae, nominative plural anmain)
- soul, as opposed to corporeal body
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 3d11
- ind ainim
- the soul
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 3d11
- life
- living creature, animal
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| ainimm | unchanged | n-ainimm |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “ainim(m)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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