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)

(music) fiddle

Declension

Declension of fidil

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fidil	fidleacha
Vocative	a fhidil	a fhidleacha
Genitive	fidle	fidleacha
Dative	fidil	fidleacha

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an fhidil	na fidleacha
Genitive	na fidle	na bhfidleacha
Dative	leis an bhfidil don fhidil	leis na fidleacha

Alternative declension

Declension of fidil

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fidil	fidilí
Vocative	a fhidil	a fhidilí
Genitive	fidile	fidilí
Dative	fidil	fidilí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an fhidil	na fidilí
Genitive	na fidile	na bhfidilí
Dative	leis an bhfidil don fhidil	leis na fidilí

Derived terms

fidléir (“fiddler”)

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

"fidil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“fiddle” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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