ainmm

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• ainm

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anʲmʲ/

Noun

ainmm n (genitive anmae, nominative plural anman)

1. name
   • 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. 24^a38

     Ní epur a n-anman sund.

     I do not say their names here.

2. reputation, repute, renown
3. (grammar) noun
   • c. 845, St. Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 211^b6

     "ind anme fil ina chomsuidigud" glosses nominis

   • c. 845, St. Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 27^a9

     nibí dechor etir diall nanmann ┐ pronominum

     there is no difference between the declension of nouns and pronouns

Declension

Neuter n-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ainmmN	ainmmN	anmanL
Vocative	ainmmN	ainmmN	anmanL
Accusative	ainmmN	ainmmN	anmanL
Genitive	anmaeH	anmanN	anmanN
Dative	anmaimL	anmanaib	anmanaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• ainmmnid (“nominative case”)
• ainmmnigidir (“names”, verb)
• ainmmnigud (“act of naming, nominative case”)

Descendants

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

Mutation

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

References

• “ainmm” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.