ainmhidh

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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)

  1. animal, beast
    Synonym: beathach
  2. (in the plural) fauna

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ainmhidh n-ainmhidh h-ainmhidh t-ainmhidh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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