amaideacht
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish amaidecht (compare Scottish Gaelic amaideachd). By surface analysis, amaid (“fool”) + -acht.
Declension
Declension of amaideacht
Third declension
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Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Related terms
- amadánta (“fatuous”, adjective)
- amadántacht f (“fooling, foolishness”)
- amadán m, amaid f (“fool”)
- amaideach (“foolish”, adjective)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| amaideacht | n-amaideacht | hamaideacht | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amaideacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ammaitecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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