amadán

See also: amadan

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ammatán (“fool, simpleton”); synchronically amaid (“foolish woman; simpleton, idiot”) +‎ -án (masculine diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ɑmˠəˈd̪ˠɑːnˠ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈamˠəd̪ˠɑːnˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈamˠəd̪ˠænˠ/

Noun

amadán m (genitive singular amadáin, nominative plural amadáin)

(derogatory) fool
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 8:
  əs amədān ān wōr ē.
  conventional orthography:
  Is amadán an-mhór é.
  He is a great fool.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 8:
  ńīl šē xō mōr n̥ amədān agəs vŕȧnīn šē ə ve.
  conventional orthography:
  Níl sé chomh mór an amadáin agus a bhreathnaíonn sé a bheith.
  He’s not as great a fool as he appears to be.

Declension

Declension of amadán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	amadán	amadáin
Vocative	a amadáin	a amadána
Genitive	amadáin	amadán
Dative	amadán	amadáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-amadán	na hamadáin
Genitive	an amadáin	na n-amadán
Dative	leis an amadán don amadán	leis na hamadáin

Derived terms

amadáinín m (“bat”)
amadán Aibreáin m, amadán earraigh m (“April fool”)
amadán móinteach m (“dotterel”)
amadánta (“foolish; fatuous”, adjective)
Lá na nAmadán m (“All Fools' Day”)
pleidhce amadáin m (“silly fool”)

Descendants

→ English: amadan

Mutation

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

Further reading

"amadán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“ammatán” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 8.
“amadán” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 25.
Entries containing “amadán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “amadán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

“amadán” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.

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