Irish

Noun

ainm m, f ‎(genitive singular ainm or ainme, nominative plural ainmneacha)

1. name
2. reputation
3. (grammar) noun

Declension

Alternative declension, feminine

Synonyms

• (noun): ainmfhocal m

Derived terms

Mutation

References

• “ainmm” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “ainm” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 25.
• "ainm" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Old Irish

Noun

ainm n

1. Alternative spelling of ainmm ‎(“name”)

References

• “ainmm” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• airm (Sutherland)

Etymology

From Old Irish ainmm n, from Primitive Irish ᚐᚅᚋ ‎(anm), from Proto-Celtic *anman, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ ‎(“name”).

Noun

ainm m ‎(genitive singular ainme, plural ainmean or ainmeannan)

1. name

Derived terms

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “ainmm” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.