amaid
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish ammait, aimmit (“woman with supernatural powers; foolish woman”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
amaid f (genitive singular amaide, nominative plural amaidí or amaideacha)
Declension[edit]
Declension of amaid
Derived terms[edit]
- amadán m (“fool”)
- amaideach (“foolish”, adjective)
- amaideacht f (“foolishness”)
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
amaid | n-amaid | hamaid | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ammait”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 8
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “amaid”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 25
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amaid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “amaid” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “amaid” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- “amaid”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy