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amaideach
amaideach
Irish
Alternative forms
Adjective
amaideach (genitive singular masculine amaidigh, genitive singular feminine amaidí, plural amaideacha, comparative amaidí)
Declension
Declension of amaideach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | amaideach | amaideach¹ | amaideacha³ | |
| Vocative | amaidigh¹ | amaideach¹ | amaideacha | |
| Genitive | amaidigh¹ | amaidí (obsolete) amaidighe |
amaideacha | amaideach |
| Dative | amaideach² | amaideach¹ (archaic) amaidigh¹ |
amaideacha³ | |
| Comparative | amaidí (obsolete) amaidighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| amaideach | n-amaideach | hamaideach | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "amaideach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 8.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Probably a back-formation from amaideachd, based on the relation between -achd and -ach.
Adjective
amaideach
Synonyms
- mì-ghlic (“foolish, unwise, inexperienced, silly”)
- baoghalta (“stupid, wrong-headed”)
- baoth (“foolish, silly, simple, stupid, fatuous, inept”)
- gòrach (“stupid, foolish, idiotic, ridiculous, witless, absurd”)
Related terms
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References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9