fliuch

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fʲlʲʊx/
(Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /fʲlʲɔx/

Adjective

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

wet

Declension

Declension of fliuch

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	fliuch	fhliuch	fliucha; fhliucha²
Vocative	fhliuch	fhliuch	fliucha
Genitive	fhliuch	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

barrfhliuch (“wet on the surface”, adjective)

Verb

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

(intransitive) get or become wet
(transitive) make wet

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	fliuchaim	fliuchann tú; fliuchair^†	fliuchann sé, sí	fliuchaimid	fliuchann sibh	fliuchann siad; fliuchaid^†	a fhliuchann; a fhliuchas / a bhfliuchann; a bhfliuchas	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 / ar fhliuch*	fliuchadh
	past habitual	d'fhliuchainn / fhliuchainn‡	d'fhliuchtá / fhliuchtá‡	d'fhliuchadh sé, sí / fhliuchadh sé, sí‡	d'fhliuchaimis; d'fhliuchadh muid / fhliuchaimis; fhliuchadh muid‡	d'fhliuchadh sibh / fhliuchadh sibh‡	d'fhliuchaidís; d'fhliuchadh siad / fhliuchaidís; fhliuchadh siad‡	a d'fhliuchadh / ar fhliuchadh*	d'fhliuchtaí / fhliuchtaí‡
	future	fliuchfaidh mé; fliuchfad	fliuchfaidh tú; fliuchfair^†	fliuchfaidh sé, sí	fliuchfaimid; fliuchfaidh muid	fliuchfaidh sibh	fliuchfaidh siad; fliuchfaid^†	a fhliuchfaidh; a fhliuchfas / a bhfliuchfaidh; a bhfliuchfas	fliuchfar
conditional		d'fhliuchfainn / fhliuchfainn‡	d'fhliuchfá / fhliuchfá‡	d'fhliuchfadh sé, sí / fhliuchfadh sé, sí‡	d'fhliuchfaimis; d'fhliuchfadh muid / fhliuchfaimis; fhliuchfadh muid‡	d'fhliuchfadh sibh / fhliuchfadh sibh‡	d'fhliuchfaidís; d'fhliuchfadh siad / fhliuchfaidís; fhliuchfadh siad‡	a d'fhliuchfadh / ar fhliuchfadh*	d'fhliuchfaí / fhliuchfaí‡
subjunctive	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
subjunctive	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		fliuchaim	fliuch	fliuchadh sé, sí	fliuchaimis	fliuchaigí; fliuchaidh^†	fliuchaidís	—	fliuchtar
verbal noun		fliuchadh
past participle		fliuchta

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡Dependent form

Derived terms

do phíobán a fhliuchadh (“to wet one’s whistle”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fliuch	fhliuch	bhfliuch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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): /fʲlʲiu̯x/

Adjective

fliuch

wet

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

fliuchad
fliuchaid
fliuchaide

Descendants

Irish: fliuch
Manx: fliugh
Scottish Gaelic: fliuch

Noun

fliuch ?

damp, wet weather

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
fliuch	ḟliuch	fliuch pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“fliuch” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish fliuch, 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): /flux/

Adjective

fliuch (comparative fliuiche or fliche)

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)

References

Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)
“fliuch” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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fliuch

Irish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Declension

Derived terms

Verb

Conjugation

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

Noun

Inflection

Mutation

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Verb

References