ainimm
Old Irish
FWOTD – 14 September 2020
Etymology
The forms with unpalatalized /n/ are from Proto-Celtic *anaman, while the forms with palatalized /nʲ/ (as well as the feminine gender) have been influenced by Latin anima. Both the native word and the Latin word are from *h₂enh₁- (“breathe”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈan(ʲ)imʲ]
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
- 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. 4a27
- Is and didiu for·téit spiritus ar n-énirti-ni in tain bes n-inun accobor lenn .i. la corp et anim et la spirut. […] Is hed didiu for·théit in spirut, in tain guidme-ni inducbáil diar corp et diar n-animm iar n-esséirgiu.
- So it is then that the spirit helps our weakness when we have the same desire, i.e. body and soul and spirit. […] Then the spirit helps when we pray for glory for our body and for our soul after resurrection.
- 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
| Feminine n-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | ainimm, ainim, anaim(m), anim(m) | — | anm(a)in |
| Vocative | ainimm, ainim, anaim(m), anim(m) | — | anmanaH |
| Accusative | anm(a)inN, anmuinN, ainimN, anaim(m)N, anim(m)N | — | anmanaH |
| Genitive | anm(a)e | — | anmanN |
| Dative | anm(a)inL, anmuinL, ainimL, anaim(m)L, anim(m)L | — | anmanaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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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. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ainim(m)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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