pluc

See also: pluć and płuc

Irish

Etymology

Cognate with Scottish Gaelic pluic.

Pronunciation

Noun

pluc f (genitive singular pluice, nominative plural pluca)

  1. (rounded) cheek
  2. bulge
    1. (anatomy, ~ choise) calf (of leg)
      Synonyms: colpa, orca
  3. (dressmaking) gathering, pucker

Declension
Declension of pluc

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pluc pluca
Vocative a phluc a phluca
Genitive pluice pluc
Dative pluc
pluic (archaic, dialectal)		 pluca

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an phluc na pluca
Genitive na pluice na bpluc
Dative leis an bpluc
leis an bpluic (archaic, dialectal)

don phluc
don phluic (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na pluca

Derived terms
  • plucach (“chubby-cheeked”, adjective)
  • plucachán m (“chubby child”)
  • plucaí m ((nickname for) chubby child)
  • plucaidí m ((nickname for) chubby child)
  • plucaire m (“large-cheeked person; cheeky person”)
  • plucaireacht f (“impertinence, cheek”)
  • plucán m (“chubby child”)
  • plucánta (“chubby-cheeked”, adjective)

Verb

pluc (present analytic plucann, future analytic plucfaidh, verbal noun plucadh, past participle pluctha)

  1. (intransitive) puff out, bulge
  2. (transitive) stuff, cram

Conjugation
conjugation of pluc (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present plucaim plucann tú;
plucair†		 plucann sé, sí plucaimid plucann sibh plucann siad;
plucaid†		 a phlucann; a phlucas /
a bplucann*; a bplucas*		 pluctar
past phluc mé; phlucas phluc tú; phlucais phluc sé, sí phlucamar; phluc muid phluc sibh; phlucabhair phluc siad; phlucadar a phluc /
ar phluc*		 plucadh
past habitual phlucainn / bplucainn‡‡ phluctá / bpluctᇇ phlucadh sé, sí / bplucadh sé, s퇇 phlucaimis; phlucadh muid / bplucaimis‡‡; bplucadh muid‡‡ phlucadh sibh / bplucadh sibh‡‡ phlucaidís; phlucadh siad / bplucaidís‡‡; bplucadh siad‡‡ a phlucadh /
a bplucadh*		 phluctaí / bplucta퇇
future plucfaidh mé;
plucfad		 plucfaidh tú;
plucfair†		 plucfaidh sé, sí plucfaimid;
plucfaidh muid		 plucfaidh sibh plucfaidh siad;
plucfaid†		 a phlucfaidh; a phlucfas /
a bplucfaidh*; a bplucfas*		 plucfar
conditional phlucfainn / bplucfainn‡‡ phlucfá / bplucfᇇ phlucfadh sé, sí / bplucfadh sé, s퇇 phlucfaimis; phlucfadh muid / bplucfaimis‡‡; bplucfadh muid‡‡ phlucfadh sibh / bplucfadh sibh‡‡ phlucfaidís; phlucfadh siad / bplucfaidís‡‡; bplucfadh siad‡‡ a phlucfadh /
a bplucfadh*		 phlucfaí / bplucfa퇇
subjunctive present go bpluca mé;
go bplucad†		 go bpluca tú;
go bplucair†		 go bpluca sé, sí go bplucaimid;
go bpluca muid		 go bpluca sibh go bpluca siad;
go bplucaid†		 — go bpluctar
past dá bplucainn dá bpluctá dá bplucadh sé, sí dá bplucaimis;
dá bplucadh muid		 dá bplucadh sibh dá bplucaidís;
dá bplucadh siad		 — dá bpluctaí
imperative plucaim pluc plucadh sé, sí plucaimis plucaigí;
plucaidh†		 plucaidís — pluctar
verbal noun plucadh
past participle pluctha

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
pluc phluc bpluc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

pluc m (genitive pluic or pluca, plural plucan)

  1. bump, lump
  2. pimple
  3. tumour
  4. knot (in wood)

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
plucphluc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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