fliuch

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish fliuch,[4] from Proto-Celtic *wlikʷos (compare Welsh gwlyb, Cornish glyb), from Proto-Indo-European *wleykʷ- (compare Latin liquō (“melt”), Tocharian A lyīktsi (“to wash”)).

Adjective

fliuch (genitive singular masculine fliuch, genitive singular feminine fliche, plural fliucha, comparative fliche)

  1. wet
Declension
Declension of fliuch
Positive singular plural
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.

  • Alternative vocative/genitive singular masculine and archaic dative singular feminine form: flich
Derived terms

Verb

fliuch (present analytic fliuchann, future analytic fliuchfaidh, verbal noun fliuchadh, past participle fliuchta)

  1. (intransitive) get or become wet
  2. (transitive) make wet
Conjugation
Conjugation of fliuch (first conjugation – A)
indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present fliuchaim fliuchann tú;
fliuchair† 		fliuchann sé, sí fliuchaimid; fliuchann muid fliuchann sibh fliuchann siad;
fliuchaid† 		a fhliuchann; a fhliuchas 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 fliuchadh
past habitual d'fhliuchainn /
fliuchainn‡ 		d'fhliuchtá /
fliuchtᇠ		d'fhliuchadh sé, sí /
fliuchadh sé, sí‡ 		d'fhliuchaimis; d'fhliuchadh muid /
fliuchaimis‡; fliuchadh muid‡ 		d'fhliuchadh sibh /
fliuchadh sibh‡ 		d'fhliuchaidís; d'fhliuchadh siad /
fliuchaidís‡; fliuchadh siad‡ 		a d'fhliuchadh d'fhliuchtaí /
fliuchtaí‡
singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
future fliuchfaidh mé;
fliuchfad 		fliuchfaidh tú;
fliuchfair† 		fliuchfaidh sé, sí fliuchfaimid;
fliuchfaidh muid 		fliuchfaidh sibh fliuchfaidh siad;
fliuchfaid† 		a fhliuchfaidh; a fhliuchfas fliuchfar
conditional d'fhliuchfainn /
fliuchfainn‡ 		d'fhliuchfá /
fliuchfᇠ		d'fhliuchfadh sé, sí /
fliuchfadh sé, sí‡ 		d'fhliuchfaimis; d'fhliuchfadh muid /
fliuchfaimis‡; fliuchfadh muid‡ 		d'fhliuchfadh sibh /
fliuchfadh sibh‡ 		d'fhliuchfaidís; d'fhliuchfadh siad /
fliuchfaidís‡; fliuchfadh siad‡ 		a d'fhliuchfadh d'fhliuchfaí /
fliuchfaí‡
subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
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 singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
— fliuchaim fliuch fliuchadh sé, sí fliuchaimis fliuchaigí;
fliuchaidh† 		fliuchaidís — fliuchtar
past participle fliuchta
verbal noun fliuchadh

† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See fiuch.

Verb

fliuch (present analytic fliuchann, future analytic fliuchfaidh, verbal noun fliuchadh, past participle fliuchta)

  1. (ambitransitive) alternative form of fiuch (“boil”)
Conjugation
Conjugation of fliuch (first conjugation – A)
indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present fliuchaim fliuchann tú;
fliuchair† 		fliuchann sé, sí fliuchaimid; fliuchann muid fliuchann sibh fliuchann siad;
fliuchaid† 		a fhliuchann; a fhliuchas 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 fliuchadh
past habitual d'fhliuchainn /
fliuchainn‡ 		d'fhliuchtá /
fliuchtᇠ		d'fhliuchadh sé, sí /
fliuchadh sé, sí‡ 		d'fhliuchaimis; d'fhliuchadh muid /
fliuchaimis‡; fliuchadh muid‡ 		d'fhliuchadh sibh /
fliuchadh sibh‡ 		d'fhliuchaidís; d'fhliuchadh siad /
fliuchaidís‡; fliuchadh siad‡ 		a d'fhliuchadh d'fhliuchtaí /
fliuchtaí‡
singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
future fliuchfaidh mé;
fliuchfad 		fliuchfaidh tú;
fliuchfair† 		fliuchfaidh sé, sí fliuchfaimid;
fliuchfaidh muid 		fliuchfaidh sibh fliuchfaidh siad;
fliuchfaid† 		a fhliuchfaidh; a fhliuchfas fliuchfar
conditional d'fhliuchfainn /
fliuchfainn‡ 		d'fhliuchfá /
fliuchfᇠ		d'fhliuchfadh sé, sí /
fliuchfadh sé, sí‡ 		d'fhliuchfaimis; d'fhliuchfadh muid /
fliuchfaimis‡; fliuchfadh muid‡ 		d'fhliuchfadh sibh /
fliuchfadh sibh‡ 		d'fhliuchfaidís; d'fhliuchfadh siad /
fliuchfaidís‡; fliuchfadh siad‡ 		a d'fhliuchfadh d'fhliuchfaí /
fliuchfaí‡
subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
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 singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
— fliuchaim fliuch fliuchadh sé, sí fliuchaimis fliuchaigí;
fliuchaidh† 		fliuchaidís — fliuchtar
past participle fliuchta
verbal noun fliuchadh

† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form

Mutation

Mutated forms of fliuch
radical lenition eclipsis
fliuch fhliuch bhfliuch

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 57, page 30
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 114
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 26, page 14
  4. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fliuch”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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): /ˈɸʲlʲiu̯̯x/

Adjective

fliuch (comparative fliuchu)

  1. wet

Inflection

u-stem
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fliuch fliuch fliuch
vocative fliuch
accusative fliuch flich
genitive flich fliuchae flich
dative fliuch flich fliuch
plural masculine feminine/neuter
nominative fliuchai fliuchai
vocative fliuchai
accusative fliuchai
genitive *
dative fliuchaib

*not attested in Old Irish; same as nominative singular masculine in Middle Irish

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: fliuch
  • Manx: fliugh
  • Scottish Gaelic: fliuch

Noun

fliuch n

  1. damp, wet weather

Mutation

Mutation of fliuch
radical lenition nasalization
fliuch ḟliuch fliuch
pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish fliuch,[1] 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

Adjective

fliuch (comparative fliuiche or fliche)

  1. 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)

  1. wet, moisten
  2. water
  3. make drunk

Mutation

Mutation of fliuch
radical lenition
fliuch fhliuch

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fliuch”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  3. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “fliuch”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925), A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC
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