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, no plural)

bare forms 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

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.

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