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 (nasal stem)

1. name
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, 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, Sg. 211^b6

     "ind anme fil ina chomsuidigud" glosses nominis

   • c. 845, St. Gall Glosses on Priscian, Sg. 27^a9

     nibí dechor etir diall nanmann ┐ pronominum

     there is no difference between the declension of nouns and pronouns

Declension

Declension of ainmm

neuter n-stem
Case	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ainmm	ainmm	anman
Vocative	ainmm	ainmm	anman
Accusative	ainmm	ainmm
Genitive	anmae	anman	anman
Dative	anmaim	anmanaib
Forms marked L trigger lenition of a following adjective; forms marked N trigger nasalization.

Derived terms

• ainmmnid (“nominative case”)
• ainmmnigidir (“to name”)
• ainmmnigud (“act of naming, nominative case”)

Descendants

• Irish: ainm (“name”), ainmfhocal (“noun”)
• 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.