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, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative amaidí vocative a amaidí genitive amaidí dative amaidí forms with the definite article 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

Mutated forms of amaidí

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
amaidí	n-amaidí	hamaidí	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “amaidí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “amaidí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amaidí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ammaite”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language