amaideach
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom amaid (“fool”) + -ach (adjectival suffix), or else a back-formation from amaideacht (“idiocy”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editamaideach (genitive singular masculine amaidigh, genitive singular feminine amaidí, plural amaideacha, comparative amaidí)
- foolish
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 8:
- n̄ax aməȷəx tā tū ǵlēstə?
- [Nach amaideach tá tú gléasta?]
- Aren’t you dressed foolishly?
Declension
editsingular | plural (m/f) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | amaideach | amaideach | amaideacha | |
vocative | amaidigh | amaideacha | ||
genitive | amaidí | amaideacha | amaideach | |
dative | amaideach | amaideach; amaidigh (archaic) |
amaideacha | |
Comparative | níos amaidí | |||
Superlative | is amaidí |
Mutation
editradical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
---|---|---|---|
amaideach | n-amaideach | hamaideach | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
edit- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “amaideaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 25
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amaideach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “amaideach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “amaideach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- “amaideach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editProbably a back-formation from amaideachd, based on the relation between -achd and -ach.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editamaideach
Synonyms
edit- mì-ghlic (“foolish, unwise, inexperienced, silly”)
- baoghalta (“stupid, wrong-headed”)
- baoth (“foolish, silly, simple, stupid, fatuous, inept”)
- gòrach (“stupid, foolish, idiotic, ridiculous, witless, absurd”)
Related terms
edit- amadan (“fool, loony, idiot”)
- amaideachd (“folly”)
- amaideas (“absurdity, foolishness, silliness, nonsense”)
Mutation
editradical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
---|---|---|---|
amaideach | n-amaideach | h-amaideach | t-amaideach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
editCategories:
- Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach
- Irish back-formations
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish adjectives
- Irish terms with quotations
- Scottish Gaelic back-formations
- Scottish Gaelic adjectives suffixed with -ach
- Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic adjectives