amaidí

See also: amaidi

Irish

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Old Irish ammaite

Noun

amaidí f (genitive singular amaidí)

1. folly; nonsense

   Synonyms: áiféis, seafóid

2. (as verbal noun, ag ~ (le)) fooling, playacting (with)

Declension

Declension of amaidí

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative amaidí Vocative a amaidí Genitive amaidí Dative amaidí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an amaidí Genitive na hamaidí Dative leis an amaidí don amaidí

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

amaidí f pl

1. plural of amaid (“witch, hag; foolish woman; simpleton, idiot”)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

amaidí

1. inflection of amaideach (“foolish”):
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. comparative degree

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
amaidí	n-amaidí	hamaidí	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Entries containing “amaidí” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “amaidí” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amaidí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ammaite”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language