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Tinne (gender unknown)

(with) definite article: ?
plural: ?; (with) definite article: ?
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Adharcaidh cuil

According to Sachs "old Irish [for] bagpipe"; Flood, who refers to a 7th century saga, defines it as "a set of pipes"; According to Podnos, who fails to reveal his source, it is a "questionable Celtic" term.

Sources

Sachs, Curt: Real-Lexikon der Musikinstrumente: zugleich ein Polyglossar für das gesamte Instrumentengebiet [Berlin, 1913]. Hildesheim, 1964 [facsimile].

Flood, William H. [Henry] Grattan: A history of Irish Music. Dublin, 1905, p.251.

Flood, Wm. H. [William Henry] Grattan: The story of the bagpipe. London, 1911, p.20.

Podnos, Theodor H.: Bagpipes and tunings. Detroit, 1974, p.24.