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amadán
amadán
See also: amadan
Irish
Noun
amadán m (genitive singular amadáin, nominative plural amadáin)
Declension
Declension of amadán
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- amadán móinteach m (“dotterel”)
- amadáinín m (“bat”)
- pleidhce amadáin m (“silly fool”)
Descendants
- English: amadan
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |||
References
- “ammatán” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 8.
- "amadán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.