amadán Aibreáin
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Calque of English April fool.
Noun
[edit]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
[edit]- Lá Aibreáin, Lá na nAmadán (“April Fool’s Day”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
amadán Aibreáin | n-amadán Aibreáin | hamadán Aibreáin | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- 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