"amaideach" meaning in Irish

See amaideach in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈɑmˠədʲəx/ [Connacht, Munster], /ˈɑmˠədʲa(x)/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From amaid (“fool”) + -ach (adjectival suffix), or else a back-formation from amaideacht (“idiocy”). Etymology templates: {{affix|ga|amaid|-ach|pos=adjective|pos2=adjectival suffix|t1=fool}} amaid (“fool”) + -ach (adjectival suffix), {{back-form|ga|amaideacht|nocap=1|t=idiocy}} back-formation from amaideacht (“idiocy”) Head templates: {{head|ga|adjective|genitive singular masculine|amaidigh|genitive singular feminine|amaidí||{{{gsf2}}}|plural|amaideacha||{{{pl2}}}|comparative|amaidí|||head=|var=}} amaideach (genitive singular masculine amaidigh, genitive singular feminine amaidí, plural amaideacha, comparative amaidí), {{ga-adj|comp=amaidí|gsf=amaidí|gsm=amaidigh|pl=~a}} amaideach (genitive singular masculine amaidigh, genitive singular feminine amaidí, plural amaideacha, comparative amaidí) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: amaidigh [genitive, masculine, singular], amaidí [feminine, genitive, singular], amaideacha [plural], amaidí [comparative], no-table-tags [table-tags], amaideach [masculine, nominative, singular], amaideach [feminine, nominative, singular], amaideacha [error-unrecognized-form, nominative, plural], amaidigh [masculine, singular, vocative], amaideach [feminine, singular, vocative], amaideacha [error-unrecognized-form, plural, vocative], amaidigh [genitive, masculine, singular], amaidí [feminine, genitive, singular], amaideacha [error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural], amaideach [error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural], amaideach [dative, masculine, singular], amaideach [dative, feminine, singular], amaidigh [archaic, dative, feminine, singular], amaideacha [dative, error-unrecognized-form, plural], níos amaidí [comparative, error-unrecognized-form], is amaidí [error-unrecognized-form, superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], amaideach [error-unrecognized-form], n-amaideach [eclipsis], hamaideach [error-unrecognized-form], - [error-unrecognized-form], aimideach [alternative]
  1. foolish
    Sense id: en-amaideach-ga-adj-fTBf1HPz Categories (other): Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach, Irish back-formations, Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "amaid",
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      },
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
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    {
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      "tags": [
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "amaideacha",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaidí",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaideach",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "amaideach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "amaideach",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "amaidí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaideacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "amaideach",
      "source": "declension",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "amaideach",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "amaideach",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "amaidigh",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "amaideacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "níos amaidí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is amaidí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaideach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "n-amaideach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hamaideach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aimideach",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "4": "amaidigh",
        "5": "genitive singular feminine",
        "6": "amaidí",
        "7": "",
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      "expansion": "amaideach (genitive singular masculine amaidigh, genitive singular feminine amaidí, plural amaideacha, comparative amaidí)",
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  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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              5,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Aren’t you dressed foolishly?",
          "ref": "1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 8:",
          "text": "n̄ax aməȷəx tā tū ǵlēstə?",
          "translation": "Aren’t you dressed foolishly?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "foolish"
      ],
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈɑmˠədʲəx/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑmˠədʲa(x)/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "amaideach"
}

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        "singular"
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      "form": "amaidí",
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
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      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "amaideach",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "amaideach",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "amaideach",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "amaideacha",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "amaideach",
      "source": "declension",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaideach",
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      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "amaideach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaidigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
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      "form": "amaideacha",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "níos amaidí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is amaidí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amaideach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "n-amaideach",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "eclipsis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hamaideach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aimideach",
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    }
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        "Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach",
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              5,
              11
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          "english": "Aren’t you dressed foolishly?",
          "ref": "1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 8:",
          "text": "n̄ax aməȷəx tā tū ǵlēstə?",
          "translation": "Aren’t you dressed foolishly?",
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        }
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      ],
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        ]
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑmˠədʲəx/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑmˠədʲa(x)/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "amaideach"
}

Download raw JSONL data for amaideach meaning in Irish (4.5kB)

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  "trace": ""
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