ainimm

== Old Irish == === Alternative forms === ainim, anaim, anaimm, anim, animm === 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): /ˈa.nʲəmʲ/ (Blasse) [ˈa.nʲɪmʲ] (Griffith) [ˈa.nʲɨmʲ] === 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 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 life living creature, animal ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Irish: anam Manx: annym Scottish Gaelic: anam ⇒ Middle Irish: ainmideIrish: ainmhíScottish Gaelic: ainmhidh === Mutation === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ainim(m)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language