fliodh

Irish

Alternative forms

• flidh, flig, flíoch

Etymology

From Middle Irish flid.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /fʲlʲɨ̞ɡ/

Noun

fliodh f (genitive singular flidhe) or
fliodh m (genitive singular fliodha)

1. chickweed (Stellaria media)

Declension

Feminine second declension:

Declension of fliodh

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative fliodh Vocative a fhliodh Genitive flidhe Dative fliodh flidh (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an fhliodh Genitive na flidhe Dative leis an bhfliodh leis an bhflidh (archaic, dialectal) don fhliodh don fhlidh (archaic, dialectal)

Masculine third declension:

Declension of fliodh

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative fliodh Vocative a fhliodh Genitive fliodha Dative fliodh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an fliodh Genitive an fhliodha Dative leis an bhfliodh don fhliodh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fliodh	fhliodh	bhfliodh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “fliodh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “flid, flich”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “flioḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fliodh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 42