flúirse

Irish

Alternative forms

• flúirseacht, flúirsí

Etymology

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Noun

flúirse f (genitive singular flúirse)

1. abundance, plenty

Declension

Declension of flúirse (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative flúirse vocative a fhlúirse genitive flúirse dative flúirse forms with the definite article singular nominative an fhlúirse genitive na flúirse dative leis an bhflúirse don fhlúirse

Derived terms

• corn na flúirse (“cornucopia”)
• flúirseach (“abundant, plentiful”, adjective)
• flúirse daoine (“populousness”)
• flúirsigh (“make, become, abundant”, verb)

Mutation

Mutated forms of flúirse

radical	lenition	eclipsis
flúirse	fhlúirse	bhflúirse

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “flúirse”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “flúirse”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 320
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “flúirse”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN