plúchadh

Irish

Noun

plúchadh m (genitive singular plúchta)

1. verbal noun of plúch
2. suffocation, asphyxia, asphyxiation
3. (pathology) asthma
4. large heap of snow etc.
5. fug (heavy, musty, unpleasant atmosphere)

Declension

Declension of plúchadh (irregular, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative plúchadh vocative a phlúchadh genitive plúchta dative plúchadh forms with the definite article case singular nominative an plúchadh genitive an phlúchta dative leis an bplúchadh don phlúchadh

Synonyms

• (suffocation, asphyxia): múchadh
• (asthma): asma, múchadh

Verb

plúchadh

1. inflection of plúch:
   1. autonomous past indicative
   2. third-person singular imperative

Mutation

Mutated forms of plúchadh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
plúchadh	phlúchadh	bplúchadh

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

Further reading

• “plúchadh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “plúchadh”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “plúċaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 547
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “plúchadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN