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ainimm
ainimm
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Noun
ainimm f (genitive anmae, nominative plural anmain)
- soul, as opposed to corporeal body
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 3d11
- ind ainim
- the soul
- ind ainim
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 3d11
- life
- living creature, animal
Inflection
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Derived terms
Descendants
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| ainimm | unchanged | n-ainimm |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “ainim(m)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.