folc

See also: folc-

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin fulgur.

Noun

folc m

thunderbolt

Synonyms

saete, sfulmin

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish folc (“heavy rain, wet weather”).

Noun

folc f (genitive singular foilce, nominative plural folca)

downpour, flood

Declension

Declension of folc

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	folc	folca
Vocative	a fholc	a fholca
Genitive	foilce	folc
Dative	folc	folca

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an fholc	na folca
Genitive	na foilce	na bhfolc
Dative	leis an bhfolc don fholc	leis na folca

Derived terms

folcmhar (“pouring, torrential”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish folcaid (“washes”).

Verb

folc (present analytic folcann, future analytic folcfaidh, verbal noun folcadh, past participle folctha)

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	folcaim	folcann tú; folcair^†	folcann sé, sí	folcaimid	folcann sibh	folcann siad; folcaid^†	a fholcann; a fholcas / a bhfolcann; a bhfolcas	folctar
	past	d'fholc mé; d'fholcas / fholc mé‡; fholcas‡	d'fholc tú; d'fholcais / fholc tú; fholcais‡	d'fholc sé, sí / fholc sé, sí‡	d'fholcamar; d'fholc muid / fholcamar; fholc muid‡	d'fholc sibh; d'fholcabhair / fholc sibh; fholcabhair‡	d'fholc siad; d'fholcadar / fholc siad; fholcadar‡	a d'fholc / ar fholc*	folcadh
	past habitual	d'fholcainn / fholcainn‡	d'fholctá / fholctá‡	d'fholcadh sé, sí / fholcadh sé, sí‡	d'fholcaimis; d'fholcadh muid / fholcaimis; fholcadh muid‡	d'fholcadh sibh / fholcadh sibh‡	d'fholcaidís; d'fholcadh siad / fholcaidís; fholcadh siad‡	a d'fholcadh / ar fholcadh*	d'fholctaí / fholctaí‡
	future	folcfaidh mé; folcfad	folcfaidh tú; folcfair^†	folcfaidh sé, sí	folcfaimid; folcfaidh muid	folcfaidh sibh	folcfaidh siad; folcfaid^†	a fholcfaidh; a fholcfas / a bhfolcfaidh; a bhfolcfas	folcfar
conditional		d'fholcfainn / fholcfainn‡	d'fholcfá / fholcfá‡	d'fholcfadh sé, sí / fholcfadh sé, sí‡	d'fholcfaimis; d'fholcfadh muid / fholcfaimis; fholcfadh muid‡	d'fholcfadh sibh / fholcfadh sibh‡	d'fholcfaidís; d'fholcfadh siad / fholcfaidís; fholcfadh siad‡	a d'fholcfadh / ar fholcfadh*	d'fholcfaí / fholcfaí‡
subjunctive	present	go bhfolca mé; go bhfolcad^†	go bhfolca tú; go bhfolcair^†	go bhfolca sé, sí	go bhfolcaimid; go bhfolca muid	go bhfolca sibh	go bhfolca siad; go bhfolcaid^†	—	go bhfolctar
subjunctive	past	dá bhfolcainn	dá bhfolctá	dá bhfolcadh sé, sí	dá bhfolcaimis; dá bhfolcadh muid	dá bhfolcadh sibh	dá bhfolcaidís; dá bhfolcadh siad	—	dá bhfolctaí
imperative		folcaim	folc	folcadh sé, sí	folcaimis	folcaigí; folcaidh^†	folcaidís	—	folctar
verbal noun		folcadh
past participle		folctha

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡Dependent form

Derived terms

folcadán (“bath”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
folc	fholc	bhfolc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fulką (“people”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁-go-. Cognate with Old Frisian folk, Old Saxon folk, Old Dutch folk (Dutch volk), Old High German folk (German Volk), Old Norse folk, fólk.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /folk/, [foɫk]

Noun

folc n

people, nation, race
army
(in the plural) people in general

Declension

Declension of folc (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	folc	folc
accusative	folc	folc
genitive	folces	folca
dative	folce	folcum

Derived terms

folcġerēfa
folcland
folclīċ
folcmōt
folcryht

folcsæl
folcscaru
folcstede

Descendants

Middle English: folk
- English: folk
- Scots: fowk, folk

Old Saxon

Noun

folc n

Alternative spelling of folk

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