ainmhidh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish ainmide m (“living creature, animal, beast”, literally “having the breath of life, animated”), from ainim(m) f (“soul, life”).

Noun

ainmhidh m (genitive singular ainmhidhe, plural ainmhidhean)

  1. animal, beast
  2. (in plural) fauna

Synonyms

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “1 ainmide” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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