folcadh

Irish

Pronunciation

(noun):

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠɞl̪ˠkə/[1]
  • (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈfˠɔlˠkə/, /ˈfˠɔl̪ˠkə/[2]

Noun

folcadh m (genitive singular folctha, nominative plural folcthaí)

  1. verbal noun of folc
  2. bath, wash
  3. drenching
  4. dipping, steeping; immersion, submersion

Declension
Declension of folcadh

Irregular

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative folcadh folcthaí
Vocative a fholcadh a fholcthaí
Genitive folctha folcthaí
Dative folcadh folcthaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an folcadh na folcthaí
Genitive an fholctha na bhfolcthaí
Dative leis an bhfolcadh

don fholcadh

 leis na folcthaí

Derived terms
  • dabhach fholctha f (“bathtub”)
  • fallaing folctha f (“bathrobe”)
  • folcadh béil m (“mouth-wash”)
  • folcadh ceatha m (“shower bath”)
  • folcadh gaile m (“vapour bath”)
  • folcadh sáile m (“sea bathing”)
  • róba folctha m (“bathrobe”)
  • seomra folctha m (“bathroom”)
  • tobán folctha m (“bathtub”)

Verb

folcadh

  1. inflection of folc (“to bathe”):
    1. past indicative autonomous
    2. past subjunctive analytic
    3. third-person singular imperative

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
folcadh fholcadh bhfolcadh
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, § 180, page 91
  2. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 114

Further reading
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