ennym

Manx

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈenəm/

Noun

ennym m (genitive singular enmey, plural enmyn)

1. name

   Va ennym y voidyn, Moirrey. ― The virgin's name was Mary. —Luke 1:27

2. (grammar) noun
3. designation
4. epithet
5. figurehead
6. (of book) title; term; signature

Derived terms

• ard-ennym
• co-ennym
• lhiass-ennym
• neuennymagh
• neuennymid
• tree-ennymagh
• yl-ennymagh

 

See also

• enmys

References

• “ennym” in Phil Kelly, Fockleyr Gaelg-Baarle, 1991; reproduced on Fockleyreen: Manx - English Dictionary, 2 December 2014, →OCLC.
• “ennym” in Nathan J Pledger, Taggloo, 2012.