amadán
See also: amadan
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish *ammatán (“fool, simpleton”); synchronically amaid (“foolish woman; simpleton, idiot”) + -án (masculine diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ɑmˠəˈd̪ˠɑːnˠ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈamˠəd̪ˠɑːnˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈamˠəd̪ˠanˠ/
Noun
amadán m (genitive singular amadáin, nominative plural amadáin)
- (derogatory) fool
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 8:
- əs amədān ān wōr ē.
- conventional orthography: Is amadán an-mhór é.
- He is a great fool.
- conventional orthography:
- əs amədān ān wōr ē.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 8:
- ńīl šē xō mōr n̥ amədān agəs vŕȧnīn šē ə ve.
- conventional orthography: Níl sé chomh mór an amadáin agus a bhreathnaíonn sé a bheith.
- He’s not as great a fool as he appears to be.
- conventional orthography:
- ńīl šē xō mōr n̥ amədān agəs vŕȧnīn šē ə ve.
- Synonym: dúramán
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 8:
Declension
Declension of amadán
First declension
Bare forms:
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Derived terms
- amadáinín m (“bat”)
- amadán Aibreáin m, amadán earraigh m (“April fool”)
- amadán móinteach m (“dotterel”)
- amadánta (“foolish; fatuous”, adjective)
- Lá na nAmadán m (“All Fools' Day”)
- pleidhce amadáin m (“silly fool”)
Descendants
- → English: amadan
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
amadán | n-amadán | hamadán | t-amadán |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “amadán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ammatán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 8.
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “amadán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 25
- Entries containing “amadán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “amadán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- “amadán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy