amadan
See also: amadán
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Noun edit
amadan (plural amadans)
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Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish *ammatán (compare Irish amadán, Manx ommidan).
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Noun edit
amadan m (genitive singular amadain, plural amadain)
- (derogatory) fool, loony, idiot
- clown
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- amadan-mòintich (“dotterel”)
- Là nan Amadan (“April Fool's Day”)
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Mutation edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
amadan | n-amadan | h-amadan | t-amadan |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |