Talk:Filí

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Those interested in the Tolkien project, please see Fíli and Kíli. This page is about ancient Irish poets, not any of J.R.R. Tolkien's characters. --Kathryn NicDhàna 03:53, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Language notes
I'm going to do some cleanup on the opening to make it read better. A decision should be made about standardizing the language in this entry, as right now it is inconsistent. I am leaning towards going with Modern Irish, but OI would be fine, too. I'll see what seems to make the most sense as I go through it. Please, if anyone with better Gaeilge, Gàidhlig or OI language skills notices mistakes, correct them. I am not fluent. --Kathryn NicDhàna 04:53, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

OK, as the title of the article is in Old Irish, and everything but the quote seems to be talking about ancient and/or mythical practices, not modern poets, I have standardized to Old Irish. However I left the Mod.Ir. in the quote as is (because, well, it's a quote). --Kathryn NicDhàna 05:14, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

=Edited out slurs=

The first line called the English 'Bastards' so I removed that word alone. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.12.198.203 (talk) 12:47, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

File, fili, filidh and filí
I think there is some confusion about the title, the old Irish word for a single file could be written file, fili or even filidh. In modern Irish the word file is the singular and the word filí is plural. I've changed the opening paragraph to follow the modern Irish standard because it is just confusing to use filí for a single poet imo. If it is preferable to use old Irish then the modern Irish should be included in brackets.

The etymology of the word is probably from https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/weless rather than *widluios. Adhiyana (talk) 15:53, 22 May 2021 (UTC)