fliuchaide

Old Irish

Etymology

From fliuch (“wet”) +‎ -de.

Adjective

fliuchaide

  1. damp, moist
    • c. 845, St. Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 73a1
      inna fliuchaide glosses humidorum

Derived terms

  • flichidecht f (“wet, moisture”)
  • fliuchaidetu m (“wetness”)

Mutation

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

References

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