ainmní

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ainmmnid (“nominative case”), from ainmm (“name”) (modern ainm), calqued on Latin nōminātīvus.

Noun

ainmní m (genitive singular ainmní)

1. (grammar) subject

Declension

Declension of ainmní

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative ainmní Vocative a ainmní Genitive ainmní Dative ainmní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an t-ainmní Genitive an ainmní Dative leis an ainmní don ainmní

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

ainmní

1. genitive singular feminine of ainmneach (“nominative”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ainmní”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ainmní”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

References

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