fideog

Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Scottish Gaelic fideag.

Noun

fideog f (genitive singular fideoige, nominative plural fideoga)

1. Alternative form of feadóg
2. (music) flageolet

   Synonym: fideog adhmaid

Declension

Declension of fideog

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative fideog fideoga Vocative a fhideog a fhideoga Genitive fideoige fideog Dative fideog fideoig (archaic, dialectal) fideoga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fhideog na fideoga Genitive na fideoige na bhfideog Dative leis an bhfideog leis an bhfideoig (archaic, dialectal) don fhideog don fhideoig (archaic, dialectal) leis na fideoga

Derived terms

• fideog airde (“pitch-pipe”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fideog	fhideog	bhfideog
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fideog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “fideog” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.