fliúit

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English flute, from Old French flaute, from Old Occitan flaut.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fʲlʲuːtʲ/

Noun

fliúit f (genitive singular fliúite, nominative plural fliúiteanna)

  1. flute

Declension
Declension of fliúit

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fliúit fliúiteanna
Vocative a fhliúit a fhliúiteanna
Genitive fliúite fliúiteanna
Dative fliúit fliúiteanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an fhliúit na fliúiteanna
Genitive na fliúite na bhfliúiteanna
Dative leis an bhfliúit

don fhliúit

 leis na fliúiteanna

Synonyms
  • feadóg mhór

Derived terms
  • fliúit Shasanach (“recorder”) (instrument)
  • fliúiteadóir (“flute-player, flautist”)
  • fliúiteog (“piccolo”)
  • fliúiteadóireacht (“(act of) flute-playing”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fliúit fhliúit bhfliúit
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fliúit”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “flute”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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