Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish ainim (“blemish, defect”).
Noun
ainimh f (genitive singular ainimhe, nominative plural ainimhe)
- blemish, disfigurement
Declension
Declension of ainimh (irregular)
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Derived terms
- ainimheach (“disfigured”, adjective)
- ainimhigh (“disfigure”, transitive verb)
- bithainimh f (“permanent blemish”)
Mutation
Mutated forms of ainimh
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eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| ainimh
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n-ainimh
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hainimh
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not applicable
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ainimh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ainim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language