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Irish
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)
- foolish
1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, 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
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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amaideach
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n-amaideach
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hamaideach
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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
- 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
Etymology
Probably a back-formation from amaideachd, based on the relation between -achd and -ach.
Pronunciation
Adjective
amaideach
- 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
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “amaideach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN