ainmide

Middle Irish

Etymology

ainim(m) (“soul, life”) +‎ -ide (adjectival suffix); calque of Latin animālis.

Adjective

ainmide

1. animate (having the breath of life)
2. animal

Noun

ainmide m

1. living creature, animal, beast

Synonyms

• míl

Derived terms

• ainmidech (“decorated with figures of animals”)

Descendants

• Irish: ainmhí
• Scottish Gaelic: ainmhidh

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ainmide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language