amadán Aibreáin

Irish

Etymology

Calque of English April fool.

Noun

amadán Aibreáin m (genitive singular amadáin Aibreáin, nominative plural amadáin Aibreáin)

  1. April fool
    Rinne mé amadán Aibreáin de mo dheartháir.
    I played an April fool’s joke on my brother.
    (literally, “I made an April fool of my brother.”)

See also

Mutation

Mutated forms of amadán Aibreáin
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
amadán Aibreáin n-amadán Aibreáin hamadán Aibreáin not applicable

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

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