# ainmm
## Old Irish
### Alternative forms

* ainm

### Etymology

From Primitive Irish ᚐᚅᚋ (anm), from Proto-Celtic *anman, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /anʲmʲ/

### Noun

ainmm n (genitive anmae, nominative plural anman)
* name
** 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. 24$^a$38
    Ní epur a n-anman sund.I do not mention their names here.
** c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 118$^b$6
    Air mad panem nammá du·berad-som ⁊ ní taibred meum, ro·bad dund ṡásad dïant ainm panis tantum no·regad; húare immurgu du·n-uic meum, is ar chech ṡásad da·uic-som amal sodin.For if it were panem only that he put and he did not put meum, it would be only to the food to which is [given] the name panis that it would apply; however, because he has put meum, it is for every food then that he has put that.
** c. 850, Carlsruhe Glosses on St Augustine’s Soliloquia, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. 2, pp. 1–9, Acr. 14$^a$2
    Bés as·bera-su as n‑ai⟨n⟩m dosom animus ci at·bela.Maybe you would say that animus is its name though it may die.
* reputation, repute, renown
* (grammar) noun
** c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 27$^a$9
    nibí dechor etir diall n-anmann ⁊ pronominumthere is no difference between the declension of nouns and pronouns
** c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 211$^b$6
    ind anme fil ina chomṡuidigudof the noun that is a compound
** c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 216$^a$1
    anmman do·rónta de dobríathraibnouns which have been made from adverbs

#### Declension

Neuter n-stem :
| | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Nominative | ainmm$^N$ | ainmm$^N$ | anman$^L$, anmann, anmman |
| Vocative | ainmm$^N$ | ainmm$^N$ | anman$^L$, anmann, anmman |
| Accusative | ainmm$^N$ | ainmm$^N$ | anman$^L$, anmann, anmman |
| Genitive | anmae | anman$^N$, anmann, anmman | anman$^N$, anmann, anmman |
| Dative | anmaim$^L$ | anmanaib | anmanaib |
| Initial mutations of a following adjective: $^H$ = triggers aspiration $^L$ = triggers lenition $^N$ = triggers nasalization ||||

#### Derived terms

* ainmmnid
* ainmmnigidir
* ainmmnigud
* do·beir ainm do

#### Descendants

* Middle Irish: ainm
** Irish: ainm
** Manx: ennym
** Scottish Gaelic: ainm

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ainmm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language