ainmhidh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Noun

ainmhidh m (genitive singular ainmhidhe, plural ainmhidhean)

  1. animal, beast
    Synonym: beathach
  2. (in the plural) fauna

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
ainmhidhn-ainmhidhh-ainmhidht-ainmhidh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “ainmhidh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 ainmide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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