< Reconstruction:Middle Irish
Reconstruction:Middle Irish/ammatán
Middle Irish
Etymology
ammait + -án
Noun
*ammatán m
- fool
- simpleton
Descendants
- Irish: amadán
- Manx: ommidan
- Scottish Gaelic: amadan
References
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “ammatán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language