fidil

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English fithele, from Old English fiþele, probably from Medieval Latin vitula.

Noun

fidil f (genitive singular fidle or fidile, nominative plural fidleacha or fidilí)

  1. (music) fiddle

Declension

Alternative declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fidil fhidil bhfidil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fidil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • fiddle”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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