amaideacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• amaidíocht

Etymology

From Middle Irish amaidecht (compare Scottish Gaelic amaideachd). By surface analysis, amaid (“fool”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

amaideacht f (genitive singular amaideachta)

1. idiocy

Declension

Declension of amaideacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative amaideacht Vocative a amaideacht Genitive amaideachta Dative amaideacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an amaideacht Genitive na hamaideachta Dative leis an amaideacht don amaideacht

Related terms

• amadánta (“fatuous”, adjective)
• amadántacht f (“fooling, foolishness”)
• amadán m, amaid f (“fool”)
• amaideach (“foolish”, adjective)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
amaideacht	n-amaideacht	hamaideacht	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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