IrishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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

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

Usage notesEdit

  • When applied to a person, ainm can signify either the whole name or specifically the first name, the word for surname being sloinne, hence the common phrase ainm agus sloinne (first name and last name). The terms ainm baiste (baptismal name) and céadainm (first name) can also be used to indicate the first name specifically as opposed to the surname.

DeclensionEdit

Alternative declension, feminine

Alternative plural forms: ainmne, ainmneanna

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

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

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 36

Further readingEdit

Middle IrishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ainm n or m

  1. name
    • c. 1000, The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig, section 1, published in Irische Teste, vol. 1 (1880), edited by Ernst Windisch:
      Boí rí amra for Laignib, .i. Mac Dathó a ainm.
      There was a wonderful king over Leinster; Mac Dathó was his name.

DescendantsEdit

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

MutationEdit

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

Further readingEdit

Old IrishEdit

NounEdit

ainm n

  1. Alternative spelling of ainmm (name)

MutationEdit

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

Scottish GaelicEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛnɛm/
  • (Acharacle, Sutherland) IPA(key): /ˈɛɾʲɛm/ (as if spelled airm)

NounEdit

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

  1. name
    Dè an t-ainm a th’ oirbh?What is your name?
  2. denomination
  3. title

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “ainm”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ainmm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language