Irish
- figheadóir (superseded)
- fidheadóir, fígheadóir, figheodóir (obsolete)[1]
Etymology
From Middle Irish *figedóir[2] (compare Manx feeder, Scottish Gaelic figheadair), from figid (“weaves, plaits, intertwines”, verb). By surface analysis, figh + -adóir.
Pronunciation
Noun
fíodóir m (genitive singular fíodóra, nominative plural fíodóirí)
- weaver
- spider
- Synonyms: damhán alla, ruán alla
- weaver(-bird)
- Synonym: éan fíodóra
- (figuratively) small light person
Declension
Declension of fíodóir (third declension)
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Derived terms
Mutation
Mutated forms of fíodóir
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lenition
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eclipsis
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fhíodóir
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bhfíodóir
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ “fíodóir”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “figedóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fiġeadóir”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 314
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fíodóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fíodóir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “fíodóir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025