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

• oirfideach pianó

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