ainmmnid

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Old Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From ainmm (name) +‎ -id, calque of Latin nōminātīvus.

Noun[edit]

ainmmnid m (genitive ainmnedo or ainmneda, nominative plural ainmmnidi)

  1. (grammar) nominative case.
    • 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. 93b5
      conid riagolda caro dond ainmmnid
      conid is regular as the nominative

Inflection[edit]

Masculine i-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ainmmnid ainmmnidL ainmmnidiH
Vocative ainmmnid ainmmnidL ainmmnidiH
Accusative ainmmnidN ainmmnidL ainmmnidiH
Genitive ainmmnedoH, ainmmnedaH ainmmnedoH, ainmmnedaH ainmmnideN
Dative ainmmnidL ainmmnidib ainmmnidib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants[edit]

  • Irish: ainmní

Mutation[edit]

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

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