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

• Lá Aibreáin, Lá na nAmadán (“April Fool’s Day”)

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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amadán Aibreáin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “amadán Aibreáin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “amadán Aibreáin”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025