amadánta

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ammatánta (“foolish”), from ammatán (“fool”); synchronically amadán (“fool”) +‎ -ta (adjectival ending).

Adjective

amadánta

1. foolish

   Synonyms: amadánach, amadántúil, amadánúil, amaideach, baosrach, baoth, baothánta, bómánta, éaganta

2. fatuous

   Synonyms: amadánach, amadántúil, amadánúil, baoth, baothánta, díchéillí

Derived terms

• amadántacht f (“fooling, foolishness”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amadánta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ammatánta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “amadánta”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “amadánta”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024