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Irish
Etymology
Calque of English April fool.
Noun
amadán Aibreáin m (genitive singular amadáin Aibreáin, nominative plural amadáin Aibreáin)
- April fool
Rinne mé amadán Aibreáin de mo dheartháir.- I played an April fool’s joke on my brother.
- (literally, “I made an April fool of my brother.”)
See also
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| amadán Aibreáin
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n-amadán Aibreáin
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hamadán Aibreáin
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amadán Aibreáin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “amadán Aibreáin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “amadán Aibreáin”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024