oirfideach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish airfitech (“musical; musician”), from airfitiud (“entertainment, minstrelsy, music”).

Adjective

oirfideach (genitive singular masculine oirfidigh, genitive singular feminine oirfidí, plural oirfideacha, comparative oirfidí)

  1. musical, harmonious
  2. entertaining

Declension

Declension of oirfideach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative oirfideach oirfideach oirfideacha
vocative oirfidigh oirfideacha
genitive oirfidí oirfideacha oirfideach
dative oirfideach oirfideach;
oirfidigh (archaic) 		oirfideacha
Comparative níos oirfidí
Superlative is oirfidí

Noun

oirfideach m (genitive singular oirfidigh, nominative plural oirfidigh)

  1. minstrel, musician
  2. entertainer, player

Declension

Declension of oirfideach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative oirfideach oirfidigh
vocative a oirfidigh a oirfideacha
genitive oirfidigh oirfideach
dative oirfideach oirfidigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-oirfideach na hoirfidigh
genitive an oirfidigh na n-oirfideach
dative leis an oirfideach
don oirfideach 		leis na hoirfidigh

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of oirfideach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
oirfideach n-oirfideach hoirfideach not applicable

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish airfitech (“minstrel, player, musician”), from airfitiud (“entertainment, minstrelsy, music”).

Noun

oirfideach m

  1. entertainer, minstrel
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