amaideach

Irish

Alternative forms

• aimideach

Etymology

From amaid (“fool”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix), or else a back-formation from amaideacht (“idiocy”).

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɑmˠədʲəx/

Adjective

amaideach (genitive singular masculine amaidigh, genitive singular feminine amaidí, plural amaideacha, comparative amaidí)

1. foolish
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 8:

     n̄ax aməȷəx tā tū ǵlēstə?

     [Nach amaideach tá tú gléasta?]

     Aren’t you dressed foolishly?

Declension

Declension of amaideach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	amaideach	amaideach	amaideacha
vocative	amaidigh		amaideacha
genitive		amaidí	amaideacha	amaideach
dative	amaideach	amaideach; amaidigh (archaic)	amaideacha
Comparative	níos amaidí
Superlative	is amaidí

Mutation

Mutated forms of amaideach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
amaideach	n-amaideach	hamaideach	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

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “amaideaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 25
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amaideach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “amaideach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “amaideach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• “amaideach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Probably a back-formation from amaideachd, based on the relation between -achd and -ach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈamatʲəx/

Adjective

amaideach

1. absurd, foolish, ludicrous, silly, stupid, ridiculous

Synonyms

• mì-ghlic (“foolish, unwise, inexperienced, silly”)
• baoghalta (“stupid, wrong-headed”)
• baoth (“foolish, silly, simple, stupid, fatuous, inept”)
• gòrach (“stupid, foolish, idiotic, ridiculous, witless, absurd”)

Related terms

• amadan (“fool, loony, idiot”)
• amaideachd (“folly”)
• amaideas (“absurdity, foolishness, silliness, nonsense”)

 

Mutation

Mutation of amaideach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
amaideach	n-amaideach	h-amaideach	t-amaideach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “amaideach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN