amaideach

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From amaid (“fool”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix), or else a back-formation from amaideacht (“idiocy”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

amaideach (genitive singular masculine amaidigh, genitive singular feminine amaidí, plural amaideacha, comparative amaidí)

  1. 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

Declension of amaideach
singular 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

Mutated forms of amaideach
radical 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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Probably a back-formation from amaideachd, based on the relation between -achd and -ach.

Pronunciation

Adjective

amaideach

  1. absurd, foolish, ludicrous, silly, stupid, ridiculous

Synonyms

  • mì-ghlic (“foolish, unwise, inexperienced, silly”)
  • baoghalta (“stupid, wrong-headed”)
  • baoth (“foolish, silly, simple, stupid, fatuous, inept”)
  • gòrach (“stupid, foolish, idiotic, ridiculous, witless, absurd”)

Mutation

Mutation of amaideach
radical 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

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “amaideach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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