ainm

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IrishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Irish ainmm, from Primitive Irish ᚐᚅᚋ (anm), from Proto-Celtic *anman, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈanʲəmʲ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈænəmʲ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈænʲəmʲ/

NounEdit

ainm m, f (genitive singular ainm or ainme, nominative plural ainmneacha)

1. name
2. reputation
3. (grammar) noun

DeclensionEdit

Declension of ainm

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ainm ainmneacha Vocative a ainm a ainmneacha Genitive ainm ainmneacha Dative ainm ainmneacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-ainm na hainmneacha Genitive an ainm na n-ainmneacha Dative leis an ainm don ainm leis na hainmneacha

Alternative declension, feminine

Declension of ainm

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ainm ainmneacha Vocative a ainm a ainmneacha Genitive ainme ainmneacha Dative ainm ainmneacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ainm na hainmneacha Genitive na hainme na n-ainmneacha Dative leis an ainm don ainm leis na hainmneacha

SynonymsEdit

• (noun): ainmfhocal m

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from ainm

• ainm áite, áitainm, logainm (“place-name”)
• ainm baiste (“baptismal, Christian, name”)
• ainm bréige (“false name, alias, pseudonym, assumed name; pen name, nom de plume”)
• ainm briathartha (“verbal noun”)
• ainm ceana, ainm muirne (“pet name”)
• ainmchlár (“nameplate”)

• ainmchlásal (“noun clause”)
• ainm cleite (“pen name, nom de plume”)
• ainm dílis (“proper name, noun”)
• ainmfhocal (“noun, substantive”)
• ainm iomlán (“full name”)
• ainmliosta (“catalogue”)

• ainmnigh (“name; nominate; specify”, verb)
• ainm teibí (“abstract noun”)
• dea-ainm (“good name”)
• In ainm Dé! (“For God’s sake!”, literally “In God’s name!”)
• leasainm (“nickname”)
• ná baintear an t-ainm den bhairín, den bhlonag (“call a spade a spade”)

MutationEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

• “ainmm” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “ainm” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 25.
• "ainm" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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Old IrishEdit

NounEdit

ainm n

1. Alternative spelling of ainmm (“name”)

ReferencesEdit

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

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Scottish GaelicEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• airm (Sutherland)

EtymologyEdit

From Old Irish ainmm n, from Primitive Irish ᚐᚅᚋ (anm), from Proto-Celtic *anman, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”).

NounEdit

ainm m (genitive singular ainme, plural ainmean or ainmeannan)

1. name

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from ainm

• ainm àite (“placename”)
• ainm-baistidh (“forename”)
• ainm-chlàr, catalogue, index
• ainm-chlàr (“catalogue”)
• ainmeil (“famous”)
• ainmich (“name”, verb)
• ainmneach (“nominative”)

• ainm-sgrìobhte (“signature”)
• an ainm an àigh (“for goodness' sake”)
• ath-ainm, far-ainm, frith-ainm, leas-ainm, leth-ainm (“nickname”)
• clàr-ainm (“catalogue”)
• deagh-ainm (“good name”)
• dè 'n t-ainm a tha ort, dè 'n t-ainm a tha oirbh? (“what is your name?”)
• droch-ainm (“bad name”)

• foir-ainm (“epithet; pronoun; nickname”)
• frith-ainm (“nickname”)
• geàrr-ainm (“acronym”)
• gnàth-ainm (“usual or common name”)
• tuiseal ainmneach (“nominative case”)
• tùs-ainm (“patronymic”)

ReferencesEdit

• 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 0 901771 92 9
• “ainmm” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.