"amadán" meaning in Irish

See amadán in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /(ə)mˠəˈd̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/ [Munster], /ˌɑmˠəˈd̪ˠɑ̃ːn̪ˠ/ [Munster], /ˈamˠəd̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/ [Connacht, Galway], /ˈamˠəd̪ˠɑːnˠ/ [Connacht], [ˈaːmˠəd̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ] [Connacht, Cois-Fharraige], /ˈamˠəd̪ˠaːnˠ/ [Connacht, Mayo], /ˈumˠəd̪ˠaːnˠ/ [Connacht], /ˈamˠəd̪ˠan̪ˠ/ [Ulster], /ˈɑmˠəd̪ˠɑnˠ/ [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=|var=}} amadán m (genitive singular amadáin, nominative plural amadáin), {{ga-noun|m|amadáin|amadáin}} amadán m (genitive singular amadáin, nominative plural amadáin) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut|msn}} Forms: amadáin [genitive, singular], amadáin [nominative, 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 [error-unrecognized-form], n-amadán [eclipsis], hamadán [error-unrecognized-form], t-amadán [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. (derogatory) fool Tags: derogatory, masculine Synonyms: dúramán Derived forms: amadáinín (english: bat) [masculine], amadán Aibreáin (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]

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "amadan"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*ammatán",
      "Reconstruction:Middle Irish/ammatán"
    ],
    [
      "amaid",
      "amaid#Irish"
    ],
    [
      "-án",
      "-án#Irish"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "*ammatán",
        "4": "",
        "5": "fool, simpleton"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish *ammatán (“fool, simpleton”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "amaid",
        "3": "-án",
        "gloss1": "foolish woman; simpleton, idiot",
        "pos2": "masculine diminutive suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, amaid (“foolish woman; simpleton, idiot”) + -án (masculine diminutive suffix)",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish *ammatán (“fool, simpleton”). By surface analysis, amaid (“foolish woman; simpleton, idiot”) + -án (masculine diminutive suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "amadáin",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amadáin",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an t-amadán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na hamadáin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an amadáin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na hamadáin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amadán",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "n-amadán",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hamadán",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "t-amadán",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "amadáin",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "amadáin",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "amadán m (genitive singular amadáin, nominative plural amadáin)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "amadáin",
        "3": "amadáin"
      },
      "expansion": "amadán m (genitive singular amadáin, nominative plural amadáin)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "msn"
      },
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish terms suffixed with -án",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "ga:People",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "bat",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "translation": "bat",
          "word": "amadáinín"
        },
        {
          "english": "April fool",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "translation": "April fool",
          "word": "amadán Aibreáin"
        },
        {
          "english": "dotterel",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "translation": "dotterel",
          "word": "amadán móinteach"
        },
        {
          "english": "foolish; fatuous",
          "tags": [
            "adjective"
          ],
          "translation": "foolish; fatuous",
          "word": "amadánta"
        },
        {
          "english": "All Fools' Day",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "translation": "All Fools' Day",
          "word": "Lá na nAmadán"
        },
        {
          "english": "silly fool",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "translation": "silly fool",
          "word": "pleidhce amadáin"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fool"
      ],
      "id": "en-amadán-ga-noun-GGefEOUG",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "fool",
          "fool"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory) fool"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dúramán"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/(ə)mˠəˈd̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɑmˠəˈd̪ˠɑ̃ːn̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈamˠəd̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Galway"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈamˠəd̪ˠɑːnˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈaːmˠəd̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ]",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Cois-Fharraige"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈamˠəd̪ˠaːnˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Mayo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈumˠəd̪ˠaːnˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈamˠəd̪ˠan̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑmˠəd̪ˠɑnˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "amadán"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "bat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "bat",
      "word": "amadáinín"
    },
    {
      "english": "April fool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "April fool",
      "word": "amadán Aibreáin"
    },
    {
      "english": "dotterel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "dotterel",
      "word": "amadán móinteach"
    },
    {
      "english": "foolish; fatuous",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "translation": "foolish; fatuous",
      "word": "amadánta"
    },
    {
      "english": "All Fools' Day",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "All Fools' Day",
      "word": "Lá na nAmadán"
    },
    {
      "english": "silly fool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "silly fool",
      "word": "pleidhce amadáin"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "amadan"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*ammatán",
      "Reconstruction:Middle Irish/ammatán"
    ],
    [
      "amaid",
      "amaid#Irish"
    ],
    [
      "-án",
      "-án#Irish"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "*ammatán",
        "4": "",
        "5": "fool, simpleton"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish *ammatán (“fool, simpleton”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "amaid",
        "3": "-án",
        "gloss1": "foolish woman; simpleton, idiot",
        "pos2": "masculine diminutive suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, amaid (“foolish woman; simpleton, idiot”) + -án (masculine diminutive suffix)",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish *ammatán (“fool, simpleton”). By surface analysis, amaid (“foolish woman; simpleton, idiot”) + -án (masculine diminutive suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "amadáin",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amadáin",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an t-amadán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na hamadáin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an amadáin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na hamadáin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amadán",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "n-amadán",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hamadán",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "t-amadán",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "amadáin",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "amadáin",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "amadán m (genitive singular amadáin, nominative plural amadáin)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "amadáin",
        "3": "amadáin"
      },
      "expansion": "amadán m (genitive singular amadáin, nominative plural amadáin)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "msn"
      },
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "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",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ga:People"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fool"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "fool",
          "fool"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory) fool"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/(ə)mˠəˈd̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɑmˠəˈd̪ˠɑ̃ːn̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈamˠəd̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Galway"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈamˠəd̪ˠɑːnˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈaːmˠəd̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ]",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Cois-Fharraige"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈamˠəd̪ˠaːnˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Mayo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈumˠəd̪ˠaːnˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈamˠəd̪ˠan̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑmˠəd̪ˠɑnˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "dúramán"
    }
  ],
  "word": "amadán"
}

Download raw JSONL data for amadán meaning in Irish (4.6kB)

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