amadántacht

Irish

Alternative forms

  • amadánacht, amadántaíocht

Etymology

From amadánta (“fatuous”) +‎ -acht (abstract suffix), possibly remodelled from Old Irish ammatánacht f (“folly”).

Noun

amadántacht f (genitive singular amadántachta)

  1. (act of) fooling; foolishness, fatuousness

Declension

Declension of amadántacht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative amadántacht
vocative a amadántacht
genitive amadántachta
dative amadántacht
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an amadántacht
genitive na hamadántachta
dative leis an amadántacht
don amadántacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of amadántacht
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
amadántacht n-amadántacht hamadántacht not applicable

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

References

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