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
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive 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:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative oirfideach oirfidigh
Vocative a oirfidigh a oirfideacha
Genitive oirfidigh oirfideach
Dative oirfideach oirfidigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case 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
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
oirfideach n-oirfideach hoirfideach not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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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