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

Mutation of amaidecht
radical lenition nasalization
aimitecht
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) 		unchanged n-aimitecht

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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