fliuchadh

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish fliuchad (“the act of wetting”). By surface analysis, 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

Derived terms

• fliuchadh leapa (“bed-wetting”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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 corresponding lemma form.

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fliuchadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fliuchad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language