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 the plural) fauna ==== Related terms ==== ainmh- === Mutation === === Further reading === Edward Dwelly (1911), “ainmhidh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ainmide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language