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oirfideach

oirfideach

Irish

Adjective

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

  1. musical, harmonious
  2. entertaining

Declension

Noun

oirfideach m (genitive singular oirfidigh, nominative plural oirfidigh)

  1. minstrel, musician
  2. entertainer, player

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
oirfideach n-oirfideach hoirfideach unchanged
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