figheadair

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fi.ət̪ɛɾʲ/

Noun

figheadair m (genitive singular figheadair, plural figheadairean)

weaver
Synonym: breabadair
knitter
spider
Synonyms: breabadair-ladhrach, damhan-allaidh

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
figheadair	fhigheadair
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