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fliuch.

wet

6 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

adj/fʲlʲɯx/Munster/fʲlʲox/Connacht/fʲlʲɞx/Connacht/fʲlʲɨx/Ulster
  1. wet

Where this word comes from

From Old Irish fliuch, from Proto-Celtic *wlikʷos (compare Welsh gwlyb, Cornish glyb), from Proto-Indo-European *wleykʷ- (compare Latin liquō (“melt”), Tocharian A lyīktsi (“to wash”)).

verb/fʲlʲɯx/Munster/fʲlʲox/Connacht/fʲlʲɞx/Connacht/fʲlʲɨx/Ulster
  1. get or become wet

    intransitive
  2. make wet

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish fliuch, from Proto-Celtic *wlikʷos (compare Welsh gwlyb, Cornish glyb), from Proto-Indo-European *wleykʷ- (compare Latin liquō (“melt”), Tocharian A lyīktsi (“to wash”)).

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