"amaid" meaning in Irish

See amaid in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈamˠədʲ/
Etymology: From Middle Irish ammait, aimmit (“woman with supernatural powers; foolish woman”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|mga|ammait}} Middle Irish ammait Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|amaide|||||||nominative plural|amaidí|or|amaideacha|||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|var=}} amaid f (genitive singular amaide, nominative plural amaidí or amaideacha), {{ga-noun|f|~e|~í|pl2=~eacha}} amaid f (genitive singular amaide, nominative plural amaidí or amaideacha) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: amaide [genitive, singular], amaidí [nominative, plural], amaideacha [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an amaid [definite, nominative, singular], na hamaidí [definite, nominative, plural], na hamaide [definite, genitive, singular], na n-amaidí [definite, genitive, plural], leis an amaid [dative, definite, singular], don amaid [dative, definite, singular], leis na hamaidí [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], amaid [error-unrecognized-form], n-amaid [eclipsis], hamaid [error-unrecognized-form], - [error-unrecognized-form], aimid [alternative]
  1. (literary) witch, hag Tags: feminine, literary
    Sense id: en-amaid-ga-noun-47DDluB7 Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 34 33
  2. (derogatory) foolish woman Tags: derogatory, feminine
    Sense id: en-amaid-ga-noun-CRia3G3X Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Female people Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 34 33 Disambiguation of Female people: 0 100 0
  3. simpleton, idiot Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-amaid-ga-noun-lKkN-x2f Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 34 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: amadán (english: fool) [masculine], amaideach (english: foolish) [adjective], amaideacht (english: foolishness) [feminine]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "fool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "fool",
      "word": "amadán"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "foolish",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "translation": "foolish",
      "word": "amaideach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "foolishness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "translation": "foolishness",
      "word": "amaideacht"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
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      "ammait",
      "ammait#Middle_Irish"
    ],
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      "aimmit",
      "aimmit#Middle_Irish"
    ]
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish ammait, aimmit (“woman with supernatural powers; foolish woman”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "amaide",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaidí",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaideacha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an amaid",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na hamaidí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na hamaide",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na n-amaidí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an amaid",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don amaid",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na hamaidí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaid",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "n-amaid",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hamaid",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aimid",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "amaidí",
        "13": "or",
        "14": "amaideacha",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "amaide",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "amaid f (genitive singular amaide, nominative plural amaidí or amaideacha)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "~e",
        "3": "~í",
        "pl2": "~eacha"
      },
      "expansion": "amaid f (genitive singular amaide, nominative plural amaidí or amaideacha)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "_dis": "33 34 33",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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          "witch",
          "witch"
        ],
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          "hag",
          "hag"
        ]
      ],
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      ],
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        "literary"
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "33 33 33",
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          "_dis": "33 34 33",
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        {
          "_dis": "0 100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Female people",
          "orig": "ga:Female people",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "foolish woman"
      ],
      "id": "en-amaid-ga-noun-CRia3G3X",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "foolish",
          "foolish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory) foolish woman"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
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          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 34 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "simpleton, idiot"
      ],
      "id": "en-amaid-ga-noun-lKkN-x2f",
      "links": [
        [
          "simpleton",
          "simpleton"
        ],
        [
          "idiot",
          "idiot"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈamˠədʲ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "amaid"
}

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    "Irish feminine nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish second-declension nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Middle Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ga:Female people"
  ],
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    {
      "english": "fool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "fool",
      "word": "amadán"
    },
    {
      "english": "foolish",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "translation": "foolish",
      "word": "amaideach"
    },
    {
      "english": "foolishness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "translation": "foolishness",
      "word": "amaideacht"
    }
  ],
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      "ammait",
      "ammait#Middle_Irish"
    ],
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      "aimmit",
      "aimmit#Middle_Irish"
    ]
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    }
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    {
      "form": "amaide",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "amaideacha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an amaid",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na hamaidí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na hamaide",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na n-amaidí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an amaid",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don amaid",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na hamaidí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaid",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "n-amaid",
      "source": "mutation",
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      ]
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      "form": "hamaid",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "aimid",
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      ],
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          "hag",
          "hag"
        ]
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      ],
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      ]
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      ],
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        ]
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      ],
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      ]
    },
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        "simpleton, idiot"
      ],
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        [
          "simpleton",
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        ],
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          "idiot"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈamˠədʲ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "amaid"
}

Download raw JSONL data for amaid meaning in Irish (3.6kB)

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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "amaid",
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}

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}

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}

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  "msg": "Negatively nested table braces, couldn't split inflection section, amaid/Irish section declension",
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