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

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

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
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fliuchán fhliuchán bhfliuchán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 82

Further reading
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