anam

See also: ănam, -anam, and -anám

Azerbaijani

Noun

anam

1. first-person singular possessive of ana

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Banjarese

Banjarese cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : anam

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Numeral

anam

1. six

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Brunei Malay

Brunei Malay cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : anam

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anam/
• Hyphenation: a‧nam

Numeral

anam

1. six

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ainimm (compare Scottish Gaelic anam, Manx annym), from Latin anima, or possibly from Proto-Celtic *anaman.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑn̪ˠəmˠ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɑnəmˠ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈanˠəmˠ/

Noun

anam m or f (genitive singular anama or anma, nominative plural anamacha or anmanna)

1. soul
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 9:

     tā anm̥ inm̥ xo bŕīvr̥, əs tā ə n̄in ŕ̥ bi elə.

     conventional orthography: Tá anam ionam chomh bríomhar is tá i nduine ar bith eile.

     I have as vigorous a soul in me as anyone else.

   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 9:

     əs l̄āȷŕ nə h-anm̥naxə tā inń̥.

     conventional orthography: Is láidir na hanamnacha atá ionainn.

     Strong are the souls that are in us.

2. life
3. liveliness, spirit; breath

Declension

Standard declension (third declension masculine):

Declension of anam

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative anam anamacha Vocative a anam a anamacha Genitive anama anamacha Dative anam anamacha

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-anam na hanamacha Genitive an anama na n-anamacha Dative leis an anam don anam leis na hanamacha

Alternative declension (fifth declension feminine):

Declension of anam

Fifth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative anam anmanna Vocative a anam a anmanna Genitive anman anmanna Dative anam anmain (archaic, dialectal) anmanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an anam na hanmanna Genitive na hanman na n-anmanna Dative leis an anam leis an anmain (archaic, dialectal) don anam don anmain (archaic, dialectal) leis na hanmanna

• Other plural forms: anmain, anama, anamanna, anamnacha (Connemara)

Derived terms

• anamimirce (“transmigration of soul”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ainim(m)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “anam”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page {{{1}}}
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “anam”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “anam”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “anam”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Kapampangan

Numeral

anam

1. six

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Maia

Adverb

anam

1. later

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Malay

Malay cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : anam

Alternative forms

• enam, ĕnam, ănam, nam
• انم, نم (Arabic spelling)

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anam/
• Rhymes: -anam, -nam, -am

Numeral

anam

1. (1924-1972) Obsolete spelling of enam.

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Minangkabau

Minangkabau cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : anam     Ordinal : kaanam

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Numeral

anam

1. six

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish ainim, ainimm (compare Irish anam, Manx annym), from Latin anima.

Noun

anam m (genitive singular anma, plural anman or anmanna)

1. soul, spirit
2. mind
3. life, breath
4. term of affection, love
5. courage

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “anam”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ainim(m)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Turkish

Noun

anam

1. first-person singular possessive of ana