ammait

Old Irish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈamidʲ/

Noun

ammait f (genitive ammaite, nominative plural ammaiti)

1. woman with supernatural powers, witch, hag, spectre
2. foolish woman

Inflection

Feminine ī-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ammaitL	ammaitL	ammaitiH
Vocative	ammaitL	ammaitL	ammaitiH
Accusative	ammaitiN	ammaitL	ammaitiH
Genitive	ammaiteH	ammaiteL	ammaiteN
Dative	ammaitiL	ammaitib	ammaitib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Synonyms

• (woman with supernatural powers): bandraí

Descendants

• Irish: amaid
• ⇒ Middle Irish: amaidecht
• ⇒ Middle Irish: *ammatán
  • Irish: amadán
  • Manx: ommidan
  • Scottish Gaelic: amadan

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
ammait	unchanged	n-ammait
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ammait”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language