plúch

See also: pluch

Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pˠl̪ˠuːx/, /pˠlˠuːx/

Verb

plúch (present analytic plúchann, future analytic plúchfaidh, verbal noun plúchadh, past participle plúchta) (transitive)

to suffocate (transitive), smother, asphyxiate, stifle
to choke (transitive)
Synonym: tacht
to press, squeeze
to congest
to muffle (mute or deaden)
to inundate (overwhelm)
1. (business) to glut (a market)
2. (telecommunications) to jam (block or confuse a broadcast signal)

Usage notes

The Irish verb is transitive; the intransitive English senses of “suffocate, choke” etc. must be translated using a passive or impersonal construction, such as Tá sé á phlúchadh (“He is choking”), Plúchadh iad (“They (were) suffocated”), or by making the thing on which the person choked the subject of the sentence, as Phlúch an deatach í (“She asphyxiated on the smoke”, literally “The smoke asphyxiated her”).

Conjugation

Conjugation of *plúch* (first conjugation – A)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	plúchaim	plúchann tú; plúchair^†	plúchann sé, sí	plúchaimid; plúchann muid	plúchann sibh	plúchann siad; plúchaid^†	a phlúchann; a phlúchas	plúchtar
past	phlúch mé; phlúchas	phlúch tú; phlúchais	phlúch sé, sí	phlúchamar; phlúch muid	phlúch sibh; phlúchabhair	phlúch siad; phlúchadar	a phlúch	plúchadh
past habitual	phlúchainn / plúchainn^‡	phlúchtá / plúchtá^‡	phlúchadh sé, sí / plúchadh sé, sí^‡	phlúchaimis; phlúchadh muid / plúchaimis^‡; plúchadh muid^‡	phlúchadh sibh / plúchadh sibh^‡	phlúchaidís; phlúchadh siad / plúchaidís^‡; plúchadh siad^‡	a phlúchadh	phlúchtaí / plúchtaí^‡

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
future	plúchfaidh mé; plúchfad	plúchfaidh tú; plúchfair^†	plúchfaidh sé, sí	plúchfaimid; plúchfaidh muid	plúchfaidh sibh	plúchfaidh siad; plúchfaid^†	a phlúchfaidh; a phlúchfas	plúchfar
conditional	phlúchfainn / plúchfainn^‡	phlúchfá / plúchfá^‡	phlúchfadh sé, sí / plúchfadh sé, sí^‡	phlúchfaimis; phlúchfadh muid / plúchfaimis^‡; plúchfadh muid^‡	phlúchfadh sibh / plúchfadh sibh^‡	phlúchfaidís; phlúchfadh siad / plúchfaidís^‡; plúchfadh siad^‡	a phlúchfadh	phlúchfaí / plúchfaí^‡

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	go bplúcha mé; go bplúchad^†	go bplúcha tú; go bplúchair^†	go bplúcha sé, sí	go bplúchaimid; go bplúcha muid	go bplúcha sibh	go bplúcha siad; go bplúchaid^†	—	go bplúchtar
past	dá bplúchainn	dá bplúchtá	dá bplúchadh sé, sí	dá bplúchaimis; dá bplúchadh muid	dá bplúchadh sibh	dá bplúchaidís; dá bplúchadh siad	—	dá bplúchtaí

imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	plúchaim	plúch	plúchadh sé, sí	plúchaimis	plúchaigí; plúchaidh^†	plúchaidís	—	plúchtar

past participle	plúchta

verbal noun	plúchadh

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Mutation

Mutated forms of *plúch*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
plúch	phlúch	bplúch

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