amadántacht

== Irish == === Alternative forms === amadánacht, amadántaíocht === Etymology === From amadánta (“fatuous”) +‎ -acht (abstract suffix), possibly remodelled from Old Irish ammatánacht f (“folly”). === Noun === amadántacht f (genitive singular amadántachta) (act of) fooling; foolishness, fatuousness ==== Declension ==== === Mutation === === References === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “amadántacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ammatánacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language