ainmhí

== Irish == === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /anʲəˈvʲĩː/, /anʲəˈṽʲĩː/ (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈanʲəvʲiː/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɛnʲəvʲi/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle Irish ainmide (“living creature, animal, beast”, literally “having the breath of life, animated”), from Old Irish ainim(m) (“soul, life”). ==== Noun ==== ainmhí m (genitive singular ainmhí, nominative plural ainmhithe) animal brute, monster ===== Declension ===== ===== Alternative forms ===== ainmhidhe (superseded) ===== Synonyms ===== míol ===== Derived terms ===== ainmhíoch ainmhíocht ardainmhí === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== ainmhí inflection of ainmheach: genitive singular feminine comparative degree ===== Alternative forms ===== ainmhighe (superseded) === Mutation === === Further reading === de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “ainmhí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “ainmhí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ainmhí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ainmide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language === References ===