ainmhí

Irish

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /anʲəˈvʲĩː/, /anʲəˈṽʲĩː/[1]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈanʲəvʲiː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɛnʲəvʲi/[2]

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish ainmide (“living creature, animal, beast”, literally “having the breath of life, animated”), from Old Irish ainim(m) (“soul, life”).

Noun

ainmhí m (genitive singular ainmhí, nominative plural ainmhithe)

  1. animal
  2. brute, monster
Declension
Declension of ainmhí

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ainmhí ainmhithe
Vocative a ainmhí a ainmhithe
Genitive ainmhí ainmhithe
Dative ainmhí ainmhithe

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-ainmhí na hainmhithe
Genitive an ainmhí na n-ainmhithe
Dative leis an ainmhí

don ainmhí

 leis na hainmhithe
Alternative forms
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

ainmhí

  1. inflection of ainmheach:
    1. genitive singular feminine
    2. comparative degree
Alternative forms

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
ainmhí n-ainmhí hainmhí t-ainmhí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

References
  1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 31
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 36
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