"amadán" meaning in Irish

See amadán in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɑmˠəˈd̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/ [Munster], /ˈamˠəd̪ˠɑːnˠ/ [Connacht], /ˈamˠəd̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/ [Connacht], /ˈamˠəd̪ˠanˠ/ [Ulster], /ˈamˠəd̪ˠan̪ˠ/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From Middle Irish *ammatán (“fool, simpleton”). By surface analysis, amaid (“foolish woman; simpleton, idiot”) + -án (masculine diminutive suffix). Etymology templates: {{der|ga|mga|*ammatán||fool, simpleton}} Middle Irish *ammatán (“fool, simpleton”), {{surf|ga|amaid|-án|gloss1=foolish woman; simpleton, idiot|pos2=masculine diminutive suffix}} By surface analysis, amaid (“foolish woman; simpleton, idiot”) + -án (masculine diminutive suffix) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|amadáin|||||||nominative plural|amadáin|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} amadán m (genitive singular amadáin, nominative plural amadáin), {{ga-noun|m|amadáin|amadáin}} amadán m (genitive singular amadáin, nominative plural amadáin) Inflection templates: {{ga-decl-m1|a|madán|madáin}}, {{ga-mut|msn}} Forms: amadáin [genitive, singular], amadáin [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], amadán [indefinite, nominative, singular], amadáin [indefinite, nominative, plural], a amadáin [indefinite, singular, vocative], a amadána [indefinite, plural, vocative], amadáin [genitive, indefinite, singular], amadán [genitive, indefinite, plural], amadán [dative, indefinite, singular], amadáin [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an t-amadán [definite, nominative, singular], na hamadáin [definite, nominative, plural], an amadáin [definite, genitive, singular], na n-amadán [definite, genitive, plural], leis an amadán [dative, definite, singular], don amadán [dative, definite, singular], leis na hamadáin [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], amadán [mutation, mutation-radical], n-amadán [eclipsis, mutation], hamadán [mutation, prothesis-h], t-amadán [mutation, prothesis-t]
  1. (derogatory) fool Tags: derogatory, masculine Categories (topical): People Synonyms: dúramán Derived forms: amadáinín (english: bat) [masculine], amadán Aibreáin (english: April fool) [masculine], amadán earraigh (english: April fool) [masculine], amadán móinteach (english: dotterel) [masculine], amadánta (english: foolish; fatuous) [adjective], Lá na nAmadán (english: All Fools' Day) [masculine], pleidhce amadáin (english: silly fool) [masculine]
    Sense id: en-amadán-ga-noun-GGefEOUG Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Irish terms suffixed with -án

Inflected forms

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            "2": "amadan",
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          "expansion": "→ English: amadan",
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
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        "singular",
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        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
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        "indefinite",
        "singular"
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        "indefinite",
        "plural"
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        "singular"
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "na n-amadán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an amadán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don amadán",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
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        "dative",
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        "plural"
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
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          "english": "April fool",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
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          "english": "dotterel",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "english": "foolish; fatuous",
          "tags": [
            "adjective"
          ],
          "word": "amadánta"
        },
        {
          "english": "All Fools' Day",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Lá na nAmadán"
        },
        {
          "english": "silly fool",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pleidhce amadáin"
        }
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        "fool"
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          "derogatory"
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          "fool",
          "fool"
        ]
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        "(derogatory) fool"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "dúramán"
        }
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      ]
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      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈamˠəd̪ˠɑːnˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈamˠəd̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈamˠəd̪ˠanˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈamˠəd̪ˠan̪ˠ/",
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        "Ulster"
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}
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      "english": "bat",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "english": "April fool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "amadán Aibreáin"
    },
    {
      "english": "April fool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "amadán earraigh"
    },
    {
      "english": "dotterel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "amadán móinteach"
    },
    {
      "english": "foolish; fatuous",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "amadánta"
    },
    {
      "english": "All Fools' Day",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Lá na nAmadán"
    },
    {
      "english": "silly fool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pleidhce amadáin"
    }
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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      "form": "amadáin",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "table-tags"
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        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
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      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
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        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an amadán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don amadán",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
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        "plural"
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        "prothesis-t"
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  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish derogatory terms",
        "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Irish first-declension nouns",
        "Irish lemmas",
        "Irish masculine nouns",
        "Irish nouns",
        "Irish terms derived from Middle Irish",
        "Irish terms suffixed with -án",
        "Irish terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      ],
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        "fool"
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          "fool"
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        "(derogatory) fool"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "dúramán"
        }
      ],
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        "derogatory",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ɑmˠəˈd̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈamˠəd̪ˠɑːnˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈamˠəd̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈamˠəd̪ˠanˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈamˠəd̪ˠan̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "amadán"
}
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "amadán",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/2466",
  "msg": "accepted heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, AND the cleaned text is in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Irish]; cleaned text: Forms with the definite article:",
  "path": [
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  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
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}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Irish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (a644e18 and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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