ainmneach

Irish

Etymology

From ainmnigh (“name”, verb) (from Old Irish ainmmnid) + -ach, a calque of Latin nōminātīvus (“nominative”).

Adjective

ainmneach (genitive singular masculine ainmnigh, genitive singular feminine ainmní, plural ainmneacha, not comparable)

1. (grammar) nominative
2. Synonym of ainmniúil (“nominal; noted, well-known”)

Declension

Declension of ainmneach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	ainmneach	ainmneach	ainmneacha
Vocative	ainmnigh		ainmneacha
Genitive		ainmní	ainmneacha	ainmneach
Dative	ainmneach	ainmneach; ainmnigh (archaic)	ainmneacha
Comparative	níos ainmní
Superlative	is ainmní

Derived terms

• tuiseal ainmneach m (“nominative case”)

Noun

ainmneach m (genitive singular ainmnigh, nominative plural ainmnigh)

1. (grammar) nominative (case)

Declension

Declension of ainmneach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ainmneach ainmnigh Vocative a ainmnigh a ainmneacha Genitive ainmnigh ainmneach Dative ainmneach ainmnigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-ainmneach na hainmnigh Genitive an ainmnigh na n-ainmneach Dative leis an ainmneach don ainmneach leis na hainmnigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ainmneach	n-ainmneach	hainmneach	t-ainmneach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ainmneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “nominative”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ainmneach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From ainm (“name”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

ainmneach

1. (grammar) nominative

Derived terms

• tuiseal ainmneach m (“nominative case”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ainmneach	n-ainmneach	h-ainmneach	t-ainmneach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.