fíodóir

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish *figedóir[2] (compare Manx feeder, Scottish Gaelic figheadair), from figid (“weaves, plaits, intertwines”, verb). By surface analysis, figh +‎ -adóir.

Pronunciation

Noun

fíodóir m (genitive singular fíodóra, nominative plural fíodóirí)

  1. weaver
  2. spider
    Synonyms: damhán alla, ruán alla
  3. weaver(-bird)
    Synonym: éan fíodóra
  4. (figuratively) small light person

Declension

Declension of fíodóir (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative fíodóir fíodóirí
vocative a fhíodóir a fhíodóirí
genitive fíodóra fíodóirí
dative fíodóir fíodóirí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an fíodóir na fíodóirí
genitive an fhíodóra na bhfíodóirí
dative leis an bhfíodóir
don fhíodóir 		leis na fíodóirí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of fíodóir
radical lenition eclipsis
fíodóir fhíodóir bhfíodóir

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

References

  1. ^ “fíodóir”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “figedóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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