fliuchán

Irish

Etymology

From fliuch +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /fʲlʲəˈxɑ̃ːn/, /fʲlʲɯˈxɑ̃ːn/

Noun

fliuchán m (genitive singular fliucháin)

1. wetness, moisture
2. wetting (act of making something wet)

   Fuair mé fliuchán

   I got a wetting.

3. wet (rainy weather)

Declension

Declension of fliuchán

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative fliuchán Vocative a fhliucháin Genitive fliucháin Dative fliuchán

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an fliuchán Genitive an fhliucháin Dative leis an bhfliuchán don fhliuchán

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fliuchán	fhliuchán	bhfliuchán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fliuċán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 320
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fliuchán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN