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

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, 2013–2024