veidhlín
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English violin. By surface analysis, veidheal (“viol; violin”) + -ín.
Noun[edit]
veidhlín m (genitive singular veidhlín, nominative plural veidhlíní)
Declension[edit]
Declension of veidhlín
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- aonréad veidhlín m (“violin solo; solo violin”)
- bogha veidhlín m (“violin bow”)
- cás veidhlín m (“violin-case”)
- dordveidhlín m (“bass fiddle”)
- droichead veidhlín m (“bridge of violin”)
- eochair veidhlín f (“violin peg”)
Related terms[edit]
- veidhleadóir m (“violinist”)
- veidhleadóireacht f (“(act of) playing the violin”)
References[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “veidhlín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN