fulacht

From Old Irish fulacht (“cooking-pit, fireplace (out of doors)”). Perhaps related to folach (“hiding, concealment”). The sense of "act of cooking" is an extension of the sense of "cooking-pit".

fulacht f (genitive singular fulachta, nominative plural fulachtaí)

1. (archaeology, historical) cooking pit
2. act of cooking
   • (Can we date this quote?), Proinsias Mac a'Bhaird, Flaitheas, →ISBN:

     Bhailigh sé connadh agus d'adhain tine bheag leis an iasc a fhulacht.

     He collected firewood and kindled a small fire to cook the fish with.

• fulacht fia (“burnt mound”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “fulacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN