ainimh

Irish

Alternative forms

• aineamh f

Etymology

From Old Irish ainim (“blemish, defect”).

Noun

ainimh f (genitive singular ainimhe, nominative plural ainimhe)

1. blemish, disfigurement

Declension

Declension of ainimh

Irregular

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ainimh ainimhe Vocative a ainimh a ainimhe Genitive ainimhe aineamh Dative ainimh ainimhe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ainimh na hainimhe Genitive na hainimhe na n-aineamh Dative leis an ainimh don ainimh leis na hainimhe

Derived terms

• ainimheach (“disfigured”, adjective)
• ainimhigh (“disfigure”, transitive verb)
• bithainimh f (“permanent blemish”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ainimh	n-ainimh	hainimh	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ainimh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ainim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language