ainmm

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• ainm

Etymology

From Primitive Irish ᚐᚅᚋ (anm), from Proto-Celtic *anman, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nḗh₃mn̥ (“name”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /anʲmʲ/

Noun

ainmm n

1. name
   • circa 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, Wb. 24^a38

     Ní epur a n-anman sund.

     I do not say their names here.

Declension

neuter n-stem
Case	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ainmm	ainmm	anman
Vocative	ainmm	ainmm	anman
Accusative	ainmm	ainmm
Genitive	anmae	anman	anman
Dative	anmaim	anmanaib

Descendants

• Irish: ainm
• Manx: ennym
• Scottish Gaelic: ainm

Mutation

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