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)

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

fliúiteadóir (“flute-player, flautist”)
fliúiteog (“piccolo”)
fliúit Shasanach (“recorder”) (instrument)

Related terms

fliúiteadóireacht (“(act of) flute-playing”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fliúit	fhliúit	bhfliúit
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

"fliúit" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“flute” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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