amadán Aibreáin
Irish edit
Etymology edit
Calque of English April fool.
Noun edit
amadán Aibreáin m (genitive singular amadáin Aibreáin, nominative plural amadáin Aibreáin)
- April fool
- Rinne mé amadán Aibreáin de mo dheartháir.
- I played an April fool’s joke on my brother.
- (literally, “I made an April fool of my brother.”)
See also edit
- Lá Aibreáin, Lá na nAmadán (“April Fool’s Day”)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| amadán Aibreáin | n-amadán Aibreáin | hamadán Aibreáin | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amadán Aibreáin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “amadán Aibreáin” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “amadán Aibreáin” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.