ainmhidh
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish ainmide (“living creature, animal, beast”, literally “having the breath of life, animated”), from ainim(m) f (“soul, life”).
Noun
ainmhidh m (genitive singular ainmhidhe, plural ainmhidhean)
Related terms
Mutation
| 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. | |||
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- “1 ainmide” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.