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)

Declension

Declension of oirfideach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	oirfideach	oirfideach	oirfideacha
Vocative	oirfidigh	oirfideach	oirfideacha
Genitive	oirfidigh	oirfidí	oirfideacha	oirfideach
Dative	oirfideach	oirfideach; oirfidigh (archaic)	oirfideacha
Comparative	níos oirfidí
Superlative	is oirfidí

Noun

oirfideach m (genitive singular oirfidigh, nominative plural oirfidigh)

minstrel, musician
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

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with 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

entertainer, minstrel

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