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Irish
Etymology
From amadán (“fool”) + -ta (adjectival ending).
Adjective
amadánta
- foolish
- Synonyms: amadánach, amadántúil, amadánúil, amaideach, baosrach, baoth, baothánta, bómánta, éaganta
- fatuous
- Synonyms: amadánach, amadántúil, amadánúil, baoth, baothánta, díchéillí
Derived terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amadánta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ammatánta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “amadánta”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “amadánta”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024