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ainmhí

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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ainmhí m (genitive singular ainmhí, nominative plural ainmhithe)

  1. animal
  2. brute, monster
Declension
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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
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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ainmhí

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

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Mutated forms of ainmhí
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ainmhí n-ainmhí hainmhí t-ainmhí

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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References

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