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 Case Singular Plural Nominative fliúit fliúiteanna Vocative a fhliúit a fhliúiteanna Genitive fliúite fliúiteanna Dative fliúit fliúiteanna

Forms with the definite article Case 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”)

 

Related terms

• fliúiteadóireacht (“(act of) flute-playing”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fliúit	fhliúit	bhfliúit
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fliúit”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “flute”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024