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. 24a38

     Ní epur a n-anman sund.

     I do not mention their names here.

   • c. 850, Carlsruhe Glosses on St Augustine’s Soliloquia, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. 2, pp. 1–9, Acr. 14a2

     Bés as·bera-su as n‑ai⟨n⟩m dosom animus ci at·bela.

     Maybe you would say that animus is its name though it may die.

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. 211b6

     ind anme fil ina chomṡuidigud

     of the noun that is a compound

   • 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. 27a9

     nibí dechor etir diall n-anmann ⁊ pronominum

     there is no difference between the declension of nouns and pronouns

Declension

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

Derived terms

• ainmmnid
• ainmmnigidir
• ainmmnigud
• do·beir ainm do

 

Descendants

• Middle Irish: ainm
  • 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.

Further reading

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