amadántacht

amadántacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• amadánacht, amadántaíocht

Etymology

From amadánta (“fatuous”) +‎ -acht (abstract suffix), possibly remodelled from Old Irish ammatánacht f (“folly”).

Noun

amadántacht f (genitive singular amadántachta)

1. (act of) fooling; foolishness, fatuousness

Declension

Declension of amadántacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative amadántacht Vocative a amadántacht Genitive amadántachta Dative amadántacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an amadántacht Genitive na hamadántachta Dative leis an amadántacht don amadántacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
amadántacht	n-amadántacht	hamadántacht	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• "amadántacht" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “ammatánacht” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.