amaidí

See also: amaidi

Irish

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Old Irish ammaite

Noun

amaidí f (genitive singular amaidí)

  1. folly; nonsense
    Synonyms: áiféis, seafóid
  2. (as verbal noun, ag ~ (le)) fooling, playacting (with)
Declension
Declension of amaidí

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative amaidí
Vocative a amaidí
Genitive amaidí
Dative amaidí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an amaidí
Genitive na hamaidí
Dative leis an amaidí

don amaidí

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

amaidí f pl

  1. plural of amaid (“witch, hag; foolish woman; simpleton, idiot”)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

amaidí

  1. inflection of amaideach (“foolish”):
    1. genitive singular feminine
    2. comparative degree

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
amaidí n-amaidí hamaidí not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Entries containing “amaidí” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “amaidí” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

References
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