fiuch
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish fiuchaid, fichid (“boils, seethes, bubbles”, verb).
Pronunciation
Verb
fiuch (present analytic fiuchann, future analytic fiuchfaidh, verbal noun fiuchadh, past participle fiuchta)
- (ambitransitive) boil
Conjugation
conjugation of fiuch (first conjugation – A)
| verbal noun | fiuchadh | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | fiuchta | |||||||
| tense | singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| indicative | ||||||||
| present | fiuchaim | fiuchann tú; fiuchair† |
fiuchann sé, sí | fiuchaimid | fiuchann sibh | fiuchann siad; fiuchaid† |
a fhiuchann; a fhiuchas / a bhfiuchann* |
fiuchtar |
| past | d'fhiuch mé; d'fhiuchas / fhiuch mé‡; fhiuchas‡ |
d'fhiuch tú; d'fhiuchais / fhiuch tú; fhiuchais‡ |
d'fhiuch sé, sí / fhiuch sé, sí‡ |
d'fhiuchamar; d'fhiuch muid / fhiuchamar; fhiuch muid‡ |
d'fhiuch sibh; d'fhiuchabhair / fhiuch sibh; fhiuchabhair‡ |
d'fhiuch siad; d'fhiuchadar / fhiuch siad; fhiuchadar‡ |
a d'fhiuch / ar fhiuch* |
fiuchadh |
| past habitual | d'fhiuchainn / fhiuchainn‡; bhfiuchainn‡‡ |
d'fhiuchtá / fhiuchtá‡; bhfiuchtᇇ |
d'fhiuchadh sé, sí / fhiuchadh sé, sí‡; bhfiuchadh sé, s퇇 |
d'fhiuchaimis; d'fhiuchadh muid / fhiuchaimis; fhiuchadh muid‡; bhfiuchaimis‡‡; bhfiuchadh muid‡‡ |
d'fhiuchadh sibh / fhiuchadh sibh‡; bhfiuchadh sibh‡‡ |
d'fhiuchaidís; d'fhiuchadh siad / fhiuchaidís; fhiuchadh siad‡; bhfiuchaidís‡‡; bhfiuchadh siad‡‡ |
a d'fhiuchadh / a bhfiuchadh* |
d'fhiuchtaí / fhiuchtaí‡; bhfiuchta퇇 |
| future | fiuchfaidh mé; fiuchfad |
fiuchfaidh tú; fiuchfair† |
fiuchfaidh sé, sí | fiuchfaimid; fiuchfaidh muid |
fiuchfaidh sibh | fiuchfaidh siad; fiuchfaid† |
a fhiuchfaidh; a fhiuchfas / a bhfiuchfaidh* |
fiuchfar |
| conditional | d'fhiuchfainn / fhiuchfainn‡; bhfiuchfainn‡‡ | d'fhiuchfá / fhiuchfá‡; bhfiuchfᇇ | d'fhiuchfadh sé, sí / fhiuchfadh sé, sí‡; bhfiuchfadh sé, s퇇 | d'fhiuchfaimis; d'fhiuchfadh muid / fhiuchfaimis‡; fhiuchfadh muid‡; bhfiuchfaimis‡‡; bhfiuchfadh muid‡‡ | d'fhiuchfadh sibh / fhiuchfadh sibh‡; bhfiuchfadh sibh‡‡ | d'fhiuchfaidís; d'fhiuchfadh siad / fhiuchfaidís‡; fhiuchfadh siad‡; bhfiuchfaidís‡‡; bhfiuchfadh siad‡‡ | a d'fhiuchfadh / a bhfiuchfadh* |
d'fhiuchfaí / fhiuchfaí‡; bhfiuchfa퇇 |
| subjunctive | ||||||||
| present | go bhfiucha mé; go bhfiuchad† |
go bhfiucha tú; go bhfiuchair† |
go bhfiucha sé, sí | go bhfiuchaimid; go bhfiucha muid |
go bhfiucha sibh | go bhfiucha siad; go bhfiuchaid† |
— | go bhfiuchtar |
| past | dá bhfiuchainn | dá bhfiuchtá | dá bhfiuchadh sé, sí | dá bhfiuchaimis; dá bhfiuchadh muid |
dá bhfiuchadh sibh | dá bhfiuchaidís; dá bhfiuchadh siad |
— | dá bhfiuchtaí |
| imperative | ||||||||
| – | fiuchaim | fiuch | fiuchadh sé, sí | fiuchaimis | fiuchaigí; fiuchaidh† |
fiuchaidís | — | fiuchtar |
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| fiuch | fhiuch | bhfiuch |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fiuch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 fichid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fiuchaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fiuch”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “fiuch”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025