amaid

Irish

Alternative forms

• aimid

Etymology

From Old Irish ammait, aimmit (“woman with supernatural powers; foolish woman”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈamˠədʲ/

Noun

amaid f (genitive singular amaide, nominative plural amaidí or amaideacha)

1. (literary) witch, hag
2. (derogatory) foolish woman
3. simpleton, idiot

Declension

Declension of amaid (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative amaid amaidí vocative a amaid a amaidí genitive amaide amaidí dative amaid amaidí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an amaid na hamaidí genitive na hamaide na n-amaidí dative leis an amaid don amaid leis na hamaidí

Derived terms

• amadán m (“fool”)
• amaideach (“foolish”, adjective)
• amaideacht f (“foolishness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of amaid

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
amaid	n-amaid	hamaid	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

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ammait”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (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
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “amaid”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “amaid”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025
• “amaid”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy