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
singular plural
nominative fliúit fliúiteanna
vocative a fhliúit a fhliúiteanna
genitive fliúite fliúiteanna
dative fliúit fliúiteanna
forms with the definite article
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

Mutated forms of fliúit
radical lenition eclipsis
fliúit fhliúit bhfliúit

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fliúit”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “flute”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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