amaideacht

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish amaidecht (compare Scottish Gaelic amaideachd). By surface analysis, amaid (“fool”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

amaideacht f (genitive singular amaideachta)

  1. idiocy

Declension

Declension of amaideacht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative amaideacht
vocative a amaideacht
genitive amaideachta
dative amaideacht
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an amaideacht
genitive na hamaideachta
dative leis an amaideacht
don amaideacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of amaideacht
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
amaideacht n-amaideacht hamaideacht not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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