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fliuch
fliuch
Irish
Adjective
fliuch (genitive singular feminine fliche, plural fliucha, comparative fliche)
Declension
Declension of fliuch
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fliuch | fhliuch | fliucha; fhliucha² |
|
| Vocative | fhliuch | fliucha | ||
| Genitive | fliche | fliucha | fliuch | |
| Dative | fliuch; fhliuch¹ |
fhliuch | fliucha; fhliucha² |
|
| Comparative | níos fliche | |||
| Superlative | is fliche | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Verb
fliuch (present analytic fliuchann, future analytic fliuchfaidh, verbal noun fliuchadh, past participle fliuchta)
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | fliuchaim | fliuchann tú; fliuchair† |
fliuchann sé, sí | fliuchaimid | fliuchann sibh | fliuchann siad; fliuchaid† |
a fhliuchann; a fhliuchas / a bhfliuchann*; a bhfliuchas* |
fliuchtar |
| past | d'fhliuch mé; d'fhliuchas / fhliuch mé‡; fhliuchas‡ |
d'fhliuch tú; d'fhliuchais / fhliuch tú; fhliuchais‡ |
d'fhliuch sé, sí / fhliuch sé, sí‡ |
d'fhliuchamar; d'fhliuch muid / fhliuchamar; fhliuch muid‡ |
d'fhliuch sibh; d'fhliuchabhair / fhliuch sibh; fhliuchabhair‡ |
d'fhliuch siad; d'fhliuchadar / fhliuch siad; fhliuchadar‡ |
a d'fhliuch / ar fhliuch* |
fliuchadh | |
| past habitual | d'fhliuchainn / fhliuchainn‡ |
d'fhliuchtá / fhliuchtᇠ|
d'fhliuchadh sé, sí / fhliuchadh sé, sí‡ |
d'fhliuchaimis; d'fhliuchadh muid / fhliuchaimis; fhliuchadh muid‡ |
d'fhliuchadh sibh / fhliuchadh sibh‡ |
d'fhliuchaidís; d'fhliuchadh siad / fhliuchaidís; fhliuchadh siad‡ |
a d'fhliuchadh / ar fhliuchadh* |
d'fhliuchtaí / fhliuchtaí‡ |
|
| future | fliuchfaidh mé; fliuchfad |
fliuchfaidh tú; fliuchfair† |
fliuchfaidh sé, sí | fliuchfaimid; fliuchfaidh muid |
fliuchfaidh sibh | fliuchfaidh siad; fliuchfaid† |
a fhliuchfaidh; a fhliuchfas / a bhfliuchfaidh*; a bhfliuchfas* |
fliuchfar | |
| conditional | d'fhliuchfainn / fhliuchfainn‡ |
d'fhliuchfá / fhliuchfᇠ|
d'fhliuchfadh sé, sí / fhliuchfadh sé, sí‡ |
d'fhliuchfaimis; d'fhliuchfadh muid / fhliuchfaimis; fhliuchfadh muid‡ |
d'fhliuchfadh sibh / fhliuchfadh sibh‡ |
d'fhliuchfaidís; d'fhliuchfadh siad / fhliuchfaidís; fhliuchfadh siad‡ |
a d'fhliuchfadh / ar fhliuchfadh* |
d'fhliuchfaí / fhliuchfaí‡ |
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| subjunctive | present | go bhfliucha mé; go bhfliuchad† |
go bhfliucha tú; go bhfliuchair† |
go bhfliucha sé, sí | go bhfliuchaimid; go bhfliucha muid |
go bhfliucha sibh | go bhfliucha siad; go bhfliuchaid† |
— | go bhfliuchtar |
| past | dá bhfliuchainn | dá bhfliuchtá | dá bhfliuchadh sé, sí | dá bhfliuchaimis; dá bhfliuchadh muid |
dá bhfliuchadh sibh | dá bhfliuchaidís; dá bhfliuchadh siad |
— | dá bhfliuchtaí | |
| imperative | fliuchaim | fliuch | fliuchadh sé, sí | fliuchaimis | fliuchaigí; fliuchaidh† |
fliuchaidís | — | fliuchtar | |
| verbal noun | fliuchadh | ||||||||
| past participle | fliuchta | ||||||||
* Indirect relative
† Dialect form
‡Dependent form
Derived terms
- do phíobán a fhliuchadh (“to wet one’s whistle”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fliuch | fhliuch | bhfliuch |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "fliuch" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “fliuch” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *wlikʷos (compare Welsh gwlyb, Cornish glyb), from Proto-Indo-European *wleykʷ- (compare Latin liquō (“to melt”), Tocharian A lyīktsi (“to wash”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fʲlʲiu̯x/
Adjective
fliuch
Inflection
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Derived terms
- fliuchad
- fliuchaid
- fliuchaide
Descendants
Noun
fliuch ?
- damp, wet weather
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| fliuch | ḟliuch | fliuch pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “fliuch” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish fliuch, from Proto-Celtic *wlikʷos (compare Welsh gwlyb, Cornish glyb), from Proto-Indo-European *wleykʷ- (compare Latin liquō (“to melt”), Tocharian A lyīktsi (“to wash”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fliux/(Can we verify(+) this pronunciation?)
Adjective
fliuch (comparative fliuiche or fliche)
- wet, rainy, moist, damp, oozy
- là fliuch ― a rainy day
- fuar, fliuch gun deò léirsinn ― cold, wet and stone blind
- bàta fliuch ― a boat given to taking waves on board
Verb
fliuch (past fhliuch, future fliuchaidh, verbal noun fliuchadh, past participle fliuchte)
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)
- “fliuch” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.