amaideach

• aimideach

From amaid (“fool”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix), or else a back-formation from amaideacht (“idiocy”).

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɑmˠədʲəx/

amaideach (genitive singular masculine amaidigh, genitive singular feminine amaidí, plural amaideacha, comparative amaidí)

1. foolish
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 8:

     n̄ax aməȷəx tā tū ǵlēstə?

     [Nach amaideach tá tú gléasta?]

     Aren’t you dressed foolishly?

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “amaideaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 25
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amaideach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “amaideach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “amaideach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• “amaideach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Probably a back-formation from amaideachd, based on the relation between -achd and -ach.

• IPA^(key): /ˈamatʲəx/

amaideach

1. absurd, foolish, ludicrous, silly, stupid, ridiculous

• mì-ghlic (“foolish, unwise, inexperienced, silly”)
• baoghalta (“stupid, wrong-headed”)
• baoth (“foolish, silly, simple, stupid, fatuous, inept”)
• gòrach (“stupid, foolish, idiotic, ridiculous, witless, absurd”)

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “amaideach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN