ainimm

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anima, or possibly from Proto-Celtic *anaman. Both from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos, a nominal derivative of *h₂enh₁- (breathe).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈanʲim/

Noun

ainimm f (genitive anmae, nominative plural anmain)

  1. soul, as opposed to corporeal body
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 3d11
      ind ainim
      the soul
  2. life
  3. living creature, animal

Inflection

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Derived terms

Descendants

Mutation

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

References

  • ainim(m)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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