fliuchadh

fliuchadh

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish fliuchad (“the act of wetting”). Synchronically analyzable as fliuch +‎ -adh.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲlʲʊxə/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲlʲʊxə/, /ˈfʲlʲɔxə/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲlʲʊxuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲlʲʊxu/

Noun

fliuchadh m (genitive singular fliuchta)

1. verbal noun of fliuch
2. wetting

Declension

Declension of fliuchadh

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative fliuchadh Vocative a fhliuchadh Genitive fliuchta Dative fliuchadh

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an fliuchadh Genitive an fhliuchta Dative leis an bhfliuchadh don fhliuchadh

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲlʲʊxəɡ/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲlʲʊxəvˠ/, /ˈfʲlʲɔxəvˠ/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲlʲʊxuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲlʲʊxu/

Verb

fliuchadh

1. past indicative autonomous of fliuch

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲlʲʊxəx/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈfʲlʲʊxətʲ/, /ˈfʲlʲɔxətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈfʲlʲʊxəx/, /ˈfʲlʲɔxəəx/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈfʲlʲʊxətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈfʲlʲʊxuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈfʲlʲʊxətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈfʲlʲʊxu/

Verb

fliuchadh

1. inflection of fliuch:
   1. past indicative autonomous
   2. past subjunctive analytic
   3. third-person singular imperative

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fliuchadh	fhliuchadh	bhfliuchadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• "fliuchadh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “fliuchad” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.