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ainmhí

ainmhí

Irish

Noun

ainmhí m ‎(genitive singular ainmhí, nominative plural ainmhithe)

animal
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

ainmhidhe (obsolete)

Derived terms

ainmhíoch ‎(“animal, brutish; faunistic”, adjective)
ainmhíocht f ‎(“animal nature; brutishness”)

Etymology 2

Adjective

ainmhí

genitive singular feminine of ainmheach
comparative degree of ainmheach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with 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.

References

"ainmhí" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“ainmide” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.