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.

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