adv also ameind, amin, ammin, amnin, amne, etc. Stressed
on second syll., see
GOI p. 30
. No rhyming ex.
with the form am(e)in(n). imne:
aidche,
SR 6179
; amné has long final vowel
Ériu liii 138-39:
sē: am-nē,
Ir. Gosp. Thom. 94 § 18
.
imnē: dē,
Ériu ii 56 § 14
.
amné,
SR 5801, 6207
,
TE 158.5
,
176.17
. (
am +
sin,
Pedersen Vgl. Gr. ii 188
. See also Pokorny,
ZCP xix 176
and Thurn.'s
remarks,
GOI p. 570
. Vendr. Lex.).
(a)
thus, in that way, in accordance with what has already
been said: darigni amin `made it thus',
Sg. 31b22
. ?
masu
ed amin,
192b7
.
cia beimmi amin nach ré,
Thes. ii 294.1
.
forriuth a n-enech ┐ a n-inechgreso amin,
IT i 141.27
.
co
rochindsead úada amne,
Ériu iv 156.3
.
bid ammin co cend
mbliadna,
Ériu viii 156.10
. cid amein biaid comét huaim-se
and though it be so (= even so),
Trip.² 1363
. ? bad fert
Scéne ba amne so will it be (.i. conice so),
LL 1543
. Cf. fa
amne it was thus,
Ériu iv 178.20
.
co ro loitedh an tír eatorra
imáseach amne,
AFM iii 284.22
.
a dál fu diud / bith amin ní
líach,
Trip.² 2477
.
Brought forward with copula in emphatic construction:
hóre is amne atáa gl. síc et uos,
Wb. 12d7
. is amne atáa
gl. ideo enim et tributa praestatis,
6a19
.
[mass]u amnin
ataam,
13c12
.
hóre is amne dognither,
9c14
. is amne
asruluús airi gl. sic effugi,
17d16
. mad amne (madmne, MS)
labrar,
12c36
.
is ámin tra as cert in testimin so,
Ml. 62c7
.
is amne as coir a lathar gl. sic uult accipi (i.e. in this particular
sense),
114a9
.
ol is amein attáa,
Wb. 32a6
. conadh amhein
ba forlann somh ┐ ua N. daén aonta in that way,
AFM v
1766.18
. Hence ol is a.¤
since it is so, therefore
,
Wb. 6c8
,
13a13
(`for it is thus').
With follg. explanatory phrase (late use, cf. 1 amlaid):
is amne fuaratar Becan ic figi chasil,
LL 358 marg. l. 26
.
bá imne tangattar lá borrfadh bríghe,
AFM v 1766.z
.
E.
. . . as amne fuair aoidhedh, bheith i mbraighdenus, etc.,
1576.23
.
as amne battar side fora chionn ina ccodailtighibh
gan ḟaitces . . .,
1852.17
. With ocus and phrase:
bá imne
baoí an caislén hisin ┐ lethanchlais . . . ina uirthimcheall,
vi 1896.6
.
Apparently reinforcing adverbs of direction and place:
L. . . . fil os adart na himda thall amne oc urgartigud a aiti
yonder there,
LU 3462
(
SCC 24
). ced leth atá Emain ? Fathúaid
amne to the north there,
4865
(TBC).
airm itaat Partraigi
. . . ra C. na ríg aniardess amne,
TBC-LL¹ 624
.
ataat da port
mathi frind aness amne,
LL 271a5
.
Etain indiu sund amne,
LU 10670
(
Ériu xii 158 § 23
).
a ḟir ucut án amne,
LL 275a11
.
(b) Less explicitly so, accordingly, then (often as mere
expletive):
cen comrac dó fri mna imne (:aidchi),
SR 6179
.
maccáem tuchtach amne co ngaisciud do íd . . . atotchomnaic
all you are is, etc.,
LU 5657
.
regmai ámin,
TBFr. 415
.
dobér indass fair . . . amim (sic) at all events(?),
LU 4866
=
amne,
TBC-LL¹ 885
. cingsiu amend dia congno well then,
step, etc.
LU 5182
(TBC). m'aenurān im'airiclān, m'aenurān
imne `all alone thus',
Ériu ii 56 § 14
.
na secht tinne se amne
.i. na se tinni argait ité sé lathe . . .,
LL 281b21
.
oc na
cliathaib sin amne / i n-athaib Elga áine,
20636
. cia cocert
robói etroib-si arraír ? Ised so amne ro imraidsem cia cumachta is moo . . . well, this is what we discussed,
282b12
.
ullmhaigit na hapstail amne dia lāmhoip badhdēin croch
`accordingly',
Fl. Earls 112.16
.
Hence as interjection introducing a sentence:
amein, ol
in gillæ, oc saigid dit acallma Senchāin,
Corm. Y 1059
(
Anecd.
iv 93
).
amein a Cu Ch. . . . dochóid do gal ┐ do gaisced,
LU 8878
(
FB 67
).
amain, or Eochaid, nīcon fil for menmain
damsa sin uile,
Ériu viii 156.22
. In combination with
other particles: amen chena, ni mar gach ní etc.,
MR 262.24
.
maith amin well then,
TBC-LL¹ 1837
.
maith ameind,
IT iii
201 § 68
.
amein ane fota cotanac,
LL 278b14
. In greeting
or question and answer:
dotháet Cuillius co Ailill. ameind
or Ailill. amne dano or Cuillius undar dait sund comartha,
LU 5407
= ameind . . .
amne dino,
TBC-I¹ 929
.
amin
. . . amné eim,
Ériu xii 176.17
(TE2).
maith sin a
chlerech arse. amin ar Moling,
LL 284a50
.
cinnas, ar
seseom, do M. ? amein, or in macclērech,
KMMisc. 210.10
.
tusa dono can asa tanagais ? as in t-shliab amne,
Ériu
viii 24.9
.
In chevilles:
co fargaib and ed imne / secht fichit londláth
gaile,
TFerbe 881
.
seol amne,
BB 54b5
.
fath amne,
CRR 5
.