ainmide

Old Irish

Etymology

ainim(m) (“soul, life”) +‎ -ide (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

ainmide

1. animate (having the breath of life)
2. animal

Inflection

io/iā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ainmide	ainmide	ainmide
Vocative	ainmidi
Accusative	ainmide	ainmidi
Genitive	ainmidi	ainmide	ainmidi
Dative	ainmidiu	ainmidi	ainmidiu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	ainmidi	ainmidi
Vocative	ainmidi ainmidiu*
Accusative	ainmidi ainmidiu*
Genitive	ainmide
Dative	ainmidib
Notes	* when substantivized

Noun

ainmide m

1. living creature, animal, beast

Inflection

Masculine io-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Synonyms

• míl

Derived terms

• ainmidech (“decorated with figures of animals”)

Descendants

• Irish: ainmhí
• Scottish Gaelic: ainmhidh

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ainmide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language