ainm

From Old Irish ainmm,^[1] from Primitive Irish ᚐᚅᚋ (anm), from Proto-Celtic *anman, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈanʲəmʲ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈænəmʲ/^[2]
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈænʲəmʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɛnʲəmʲ/^[3]

ainm m or f (genitive singular ainm or ainme, nominative plural ainmneacha or ainmne or ainmneanna)

1. name
2. reputation
3. (grammar) noun

• When applied to a person, ainm can signify either the whole name or specifically the first name, the word for surname being sloinne, hence the common phrase ainm agus sloinne (“first name and last name”). The terms ainm baiste (“baptismal name”) and céadainm (“first name”) can also be used to indicate the first name specifically as opposed to the surname.

Alternative declension, feminine

Alternative plural forms: ainmne, ainmneanna

• (noun): ainmfhocal m

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ainm”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 13
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ainm”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ainm”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ainm”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈanʲ(ə)mʲ/

ainm n or m

1. name
   • c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, section 1:

     Boí rí amra for Laignib, .i. Mac Dathó a ainm.

     There was a wonderful king over Leinster; Mac Dathó was his name.

• Irish: ainm
• Manx: ennym
• Scottish Gaelic: ainm

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

ainm n

1. Alternative spelling of ainmm (“name”)

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

• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /ãnãm/^[1]
• (Harris) IPA^(key): /ænæm/^[2]
• (Uist, Barra, Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /ɛɲɛm/^[3][4]
• (Acharacle, Sutherland) IPA^(key): /ɛɾɛm/ (as if spelled airm)

ainm m (genitive singular ainme, plural ainmean or ainmeannan)

1. name

   Dè an t-ainm a th’ oirbh? ― What is your name?

2. denomination
3. title

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “ainm”, 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), “ainmm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language