ainmhidh
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish ainmide (“living creature, animal, beast”, literally “having the breath of life, animated”), from Old Irish ainim(m) f (“soul, life”).
Noun
ainmhidh m (genitive singular ainmhidhe, plural ainmhidhean)
- animal, beast
- Synonym: beathach
- (in plural) fauna
Related terms
- ainmh-
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ainmhidh | n-ainmhidh | h-ainmhidh | t-ainmhidh |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “ainmhidh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 ainmide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language