fliuchán

Irish

Etymology

From fliuch +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /fʲlʲəˈxɑ̃ːn/, /fʲlʲɯˈxɑ̃ːn/[1]

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, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative fliuchán
vocative a fhliucháin
genitive fliucháin
dative fliuchán
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an fliuchán
genitive an fhliucháin
dative leis an bhfliuchán
don fhliuchán

Mutation

Mutated forms of fliuchán
radical lenition eclipsis
fliuchán fhliuchán bhfliuchán

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 163, page 82

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