amaideacht

== Irish == === Alternative forms === amaidíocht === Etymology === From Middle Irish amaidecht (compare Scottish Gaelic amaideachd). By surface analysis, amaid (“fool”) +‎ -acht. === Noun === amaideacht f (genitive singular amaideachta) idiocy ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Mutation === === References === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “amaideacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ammaitecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language