flúirse

Irish

Alternative forms

• flúirseacht
• flúirsí

Etymology

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Noun

flúirse f (genitive singular flúirse)

1. abundance, plenty

Declension

Declension of flúirse

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative flúirse Vocative a fhlúirse Genitive flúirse Dative flúirse

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an fhlúirse Genitive na flúirse Dative leis an bhflúirse don fhlúirse

Derived terms

• corn na flúirse (“cornucopia”)
• flúirse daoine (“populousness”)
• flúirseach (“abundant, plentiful”, adjective)
• flúirsigh (“make, become, abundant”, verb)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
flúirse	fhlúirse	bhflúirse
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “flúirse”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Template:R:Dinneen
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “flúirse”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN