anam

anam

1. first-person singular possessive of ana

From Proto-Malayic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

anam

1. six

From Proto-Malayic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

• IPA^(key): /anam/
• Hyphenation: a‧nam

anam

1. six

From Old Irish ainimm^[1] (compare Scottish Gaelic anam, Manx annym), from Latin anima, or possibly from Proto-Celtic *anaman.

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɑn̪ˠəmˠ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɑnəmˠ/
• (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈanˠəmˠ/, /ˈan̪ˠəmˠ/^[2]

anam m or f (genitive singular anama or anma, nominative plural anamacha or anmanna)

1. soul
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 9:

     tā anm̥ inm̥ xo bŕīvr̥, əs tā ə n̄in ŕ̥ bi elə.

     [Tá anam ionam chomh bríomhar is tá i nduine ar bith eile.]

     I have as vigorous a soul in me as anyone else.

   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 9:

     əs l̄āȷŕ nə h-anm̥naxə tā inń̥.

     [Is láidir na hanamnacha atá ionainn.]

     Strong are the souls that are in us.

2. life
3. liveliness, spirit; breath

Standard declension (third declension masculine):

Alternative declension (fifth declension feminine):

• Other plural forms: anmain, anama, anamanna, anamnacha (Connemara)

• anamimirce (“transmigration of soul”)
• ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “anam”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 28
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “anam”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “anam”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “anam”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

• IPA^(key): /ˈanəm/ [ˈäː.nəm]

ánam

1. six

anam

1. later

anam

1. (1924-1972) Obsolete spelling of enam.

From Proto-Malayic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

anam

1. six

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑnˌɑːm/

anām

1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of āniman

From Old Irish ainim, ainimm (compare Irish anam, Manx annym), from Latin anima.

• IPA^(key): /ˈanəm/

anam m (genitive singular anma, plural anman or anmanna)

1. soul, spirit
2. mind
3. life, breath
4. term of affection, love
5. courage

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “anam”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ainim(m)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

anam

1. first-person singular possessive of ana