amaidecht

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

• aimidecht, aimitecht, amaidicht

Etymology

ammait +‎ -echt

Noun

amaidecht f (genitive aimidechta, nominative plural amaidechtai)

1. witchcraft, evil influence
2. foolishness

Descendants

• Irish: amaideacht
• Scottish Gaelic: amaideachd

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
aimitecht	unchanged	n-aimitecht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ammaitecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language