pluc

See also: pluć, płuc, and płuć

Irish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, from the sound of releasing air from the cheeks.[1] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic pluic.

Pronunciation

Noun

pluc f (genitive singular pluice, nominative plural pluca)

  1. (rounded) cheek
  2. pucker (fold or wrinkle)

Declension

Declension of pluc (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative pluc pluca
vocative a phluc a phluca
genitive pluice pluc
dative pluc
pluic (archaic, dialectal) 		pluca
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an phluc na pluca
genitive na pluice na bpluc
dative leis an bpluc
leis an bpluic (archaic, dialectal)
don phluc
don phluic (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na pluca

Derived terms

  • plucach (“chubby-cheeked”, adjective)
  • plucachán m (“chubby child”)
  • plucaí m ((nickname for) chubby child)
  • plucaidí m ((nickname for) chubby child)
  • plucaire m (“large-cheeked person; cheeky person”)
  • plucaireacht f (“impertinence, cheek”)
  • plucán m (“chubby child”)
  • plucánta (“chubby-cheeked”, adjective)

Verb

pluc (present analytic plucann, future analytic plucfaidh, verbal noun plucadh, past participle pluctha)

  1. (intransitive) puff out, bulge
  2. (transitive) stuff, cram

Conjugation

Conjugation of pluc (first conjugation – A)
indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present plucaim plucann tú;
plucair† 		plucann sé, sí plucaimid; plucann muid plucann sibh plucann siad;
plucaid† 		a phlucann; a phlucas pluctar
past phluc mé; phlucas phluc tú; phlucais phluc sé, sí phlucamar; phluc muid phluc sibh; phlucabhair phluc siad; phlucadar a phluc plucadh
past habitual phlucainn /
plucainn‡ 		phluctá /
pluctᇠ		phlucadh sé, sí /
plucadh sé, sí‡ 		phlucaimis; phlucadh muid /
plucaimis‡; plucadh muid‡ 		phlucadh sibh /
plucadh sibh‡ 		phlucaidís; phlucadh siad /
plucaidís‡; plucadh siad‡ 		a phlucadh phluctaí /
pluctaí‡
singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
future plucfaidh mé;
plucfad 		plucfaidh tú;
plucfair† 		plucfaidh sé, sí plucfaimid;
plucfaidh muid 		plucfaidh sibh plucfaidh siad;
plucfaid† 		a phlucfaidh; a phlucfas plucfar
conditional phlucfainn /
plucfainn‡ 		phlucfá /
plucfᇠ		phlucfadh sé, sí /
plucfadh sé, sí‡ 		phlucfaimis; phlucfadh muid /
plucfaimis‡; plucfadh muid‡ 		phlucfadh sibh /
plucfadh sibh‡ 		phlucfaidís; phlucfadh siad /
plucfaidís‡; plucfadh siad‡ 		a phlucfadh phlucfaí /
plucfaí‡
subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present go bpluca mé;
go bplucad† 		go bpluca tú;
go bplucair† 		go bpluca sé, sí go bplucaimid;
go bpluca muid 		go bpluca sibh go bpluca siad;
go bplucaid† 		— go bpluctar
past dá bplucainn dá bpluctá dá bplucadh sé, sí dá bplucaimis;
dá bplucadh muid 		dá bplucadh sibh dá bplucaidís;
dá bplucadh siad 		— dá bpluctaí
imperative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
— plucaim pluc plucadh sé, sí plucaimis plucaigí;
plucaidh† 		plucaidís — pluctar
past participle pluctha
verbal noun plucadh

† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form

Mutation

Mutated forms of pluc
radical lenition eclipsis
pluc phluc bpluc

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 pluc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 14, page 10
  3. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968), The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, page 74, line 138
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 360, page 123

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

pluc m (genitive pluic or pluca, plural plucan)

  1. bump, lump
  2. pimple
  3. tumour
  4. knot (in wood)

Mutation

Mutation of pluc
radical lenition
pluc phluc

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

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