figheadair

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish *figedóir (compare Irish fíodóir, Manx feeder), from figid (“weaves, plaits, intertwines”, verb). By surface analysis, figh +‎ -adair.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fi.ət̪ɛɾʲ/

Noun

figheadair m (genitive singular figheadair, plural figheadairean)

  1. weaver
    Synonym: breabadair
  2. knitter
  3. (Argyll) spider
    Synonyms: breabadair-ladhrach, damhan-allaidh

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
figheadairfhigheadair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “figheadair”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “figedóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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