Old Irish

Alternative forms

• ainm

Noun

ainmm n ‎(genitive anmae, nominative plural anman)

1. name
   • 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. 24^a38

     Ní epur a n-anman sund.‎

     I do not say their names here.

2. reputation, repute, renown
3. (grammar) noun
   • c. 845, St. Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 211^b6

     "ind anme fil ina chomsuidigud" glosses nominis

   • c. 845, St. Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 27^a9

     nibí dechor etir diall nanmann ┐ pronominum‎

     there is no difference between the declension of nouns and pronouns

Declension

Derived terms

• ainmmnid ‎(“nominative case”)
• ainmmnigidir ‎(“names”, verb)
• ainmmnigud ‎(“act of naming, nominative case”)

Descendants

• Irish: ainm ‎(“name”), ainmfhocal ‎(“noun”)
• Manx: ennym
• Scottish Gaelic: ainm

Mutation

References

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