ainmmnid

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • ainmnid

Etymology

From ainmm (name) + -id, calque of Latin nōminātīvus.

Noun

ainmmnid m (genitive ainmnedo or ainmneda, nominative plural ainmmnidi)

  1. (grammar) nominative case.
    • c. 845, St. Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 93b5
      conid riagolda caro dond ainmmnid
      conid is regular as the nominative

Inflection

Masculine i-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
ainmmnid unchanged n-ainmmnid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • ainmmnid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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