amaidecht

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

• aimidecht, aimitecht, amaidicht

Etymology

ammait +‎ -echt

Noun

amaidecht f (genitive aimidechta, nominative plural amaidechtai)

1. witchcraft, evil influence
2. foolishness

Descendants

• Irish: amaideacht
• Scottish Gaelic: amaideachd

Mutation

Mutation of amaidecht

radical	lenition	nasalization
aimitecht	unchanged	n-aimitecht

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle 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), “ammaitecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language