figheadair

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish *figedóir (compare Irish fíodóir, Manx feeder), from figid (“weaves, plaits, intertwines”, verb). By surface analysis, figh +‎ -adair.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.ət̪ɛɾʲ/

Noun

figheadair m (genitive singular figheadair, plural figheadairean)

1. weaver

   Synonym: breabadair

2. knitter
3. (Argyll) spider

   Synonyms: breabadair-ladhrach, damhan-allaidh

Mutation

Mutation of figheadair

radical	lenition
figheadair	fhigheadair

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

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “figheadair”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “figedóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language