amaideach

Irish

Alternative forms

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, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 8:
      n̄ax aməȷəx tā tū ǵlēstə?
      conventional orthography:
      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
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
amaideach n-amaideach hamaideach not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

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”)

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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