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Folc
folc
folc
See also: folc-
Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish folc (“heavy rain, wet weather”).
Noun
folc f (genitive singular foilce, nominative plural folca)
Declension
Declension of folc
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- folcmhar (“pouring, torrential”)
Etymology 2
From Old Irish folcaid (“washes”).
Verb
folc (present analytic folcann, future analytic folcfaidh, verbal noun folcadh, past participle folctha)
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
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| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | folcaim | folcann tú; folcair† |
folcann sé, sí | folcaimid | folcann sibh | folcann siad; folcaid† |
a fholcann; a fholcas / a bhfolcann*; a bhfolcas* |
folctar |
| past | d'fholc mé; d'fholcas / fholc mé‡; fholcas‡ |
d'fholc tú; d'fholcais / fholc tú; fholcais‡ |
d'fholc sé, sí / fholc sé, sí‡ |
d'fholcamar; d'fholc muid / fholcamar; fholc muid‡ |
d'fholc sibh; d'fholcabhair / fholc sibh; fholcabhair‡ |
d'fholc siad; d'fholcadar / fholc siad; fholcadar‡ |
a d'fholc / ar fholc* |
folcadh | |
| past habitual | d'fholcainn / fholcainn‡ |
d'fholctá / fholctᇠ|
d'fholcadh sé, sí / fholcadh sé, sí‡ |
d'fholcaimis; d'fholcadh muid / fholcaimis; fholcadh muid‡ |
d'fholcadh sibh / fholcadh sibh‡ |
d'fholcaidís; d'fholcadh siad / fholcaidís; fholcadh siad‡ |
a d'fholcadh / ar fholcadh* |
d'fholctaí / fholctaí‡ |
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| future | folcfaidh mé; folcfad |
folcfaidh tú; folcfair† |
folcfaidh sé, sí | folcfaimid; folcfaidh muid |
folcfaidh sibh | folcfaidh siad; folcfaid† |
a fholcfaidh; a fholcfas / a bhfolcfaidh*; a bhfolcfas* |
folcfar | |
| conditional | d'fholcfainn / fholcfainn‡ |
d'fholcfá / fholcfᇠ|
d'fholcfadh sé, sí / fholcfadh sé, sí‡ |
d'fholcfaimis; d'fholcfadh muid / fholcfaimis; fholcfadh muid‡ |
d'fholcfadh sibh / fholcfadh sibh‡ |
d'fholcfaidís; d'fholcfadh siad / fholcfaidís; fholcfadh siad‡ |
a d'fholcfadh / ar fholcfadh* |
d'fholcfaí / fholcfaí‡ |
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| subjunctive | present | go bhfolca mé; go bhfolcad† |
go bhfolca tú; go bhfolcair† |
go bhfolca sé, sí | go bhfolcaimid; go bhfolca muid |
go bhfolca sibh | go bhfolca siad; go bhfolcaid† |
— | go bhfolctar |
| past | dá bhfolcainn | dá bhfolctá | dá bhfolcadh sé, sí | dá bhfolcaimis; dá bhfolcadh muid |
dá bhfolcadh sibh | dá bhfolcaidís; dá bhfolcadh siad |
— | dá bhfolctaí | |
| imperative | folcaim | folc | folcadh sé, sí | folcaimis | folcaigí; folcaidh† |
folcaidís | — | folctar | |
| verbal noun | folcadh | ||||||||
| past participle | folctha | ||||||||
* Indirect relative
† Dialect form
‡Dependent form
Derived terms
- folcadán (“bath”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| folc | fholc | bhfolc |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Old English
Noun
folc n
Declension
Declension of folc (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
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