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
singular plural
nominative folcadh folcthaí
vocative a fholcadh a fholcthaí
genitive folctha folcthaí
dative folcadh folcthaí
forms with the definite article
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

Mutated forms of folcadh
radical lenition eclipsis
folcadh fholcadh bhfolcadh

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 180, page 91
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 114

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