# mice🐁:geese:goose::fedayeen:\_\_\_?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mice-mouse-geese-goose-fedayeen-___/62196>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 16, 2001, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mice-mouse-geese-goose-fedayeen-___/62196 "2001-04-16T20:50:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mice-mouse-geese-goose-fedayeen-___/62196/1 "2001-04-16T20:50:48Z")

</div>

Anybody know the singular of the Arabic word fedayeen?

The nearest I can figure is fida’i or fiddawi. Either of those ring a bell?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mice-mouse-geese-goose-fedayeen-___/62196/2 "2001-04-16T21:25:42Z")

</div>

According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, ([http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary](http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary)), Fedayeen is the plural of Fedayee.

Main Entry: fe·da·yee  
Pronunciation: fi-"da-’(y)E, -"dä-  
Function: noun  
Inflected Form(s): plural fe·da·yeen /-’(y)En/  
Etymology: Arabic fidA’I, literally, one who sacrifices himself  
Date: 1955  
: a member of an Arab commando group operating especially against Israel – usually used in plural