folc

See also: folc-

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin fulgur.

Noun

folc m

  1. thunderbolt

Synonyms

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish folc (“heavy rain, wet weather”).

Noun

folc f (genitive singular foilce, nominative plural folca)

  1. downpour, flood
Declension
Declension of folc

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative folc folca
Vocative a fholc a fholca
Genitive foilce folc
Dative folc folca

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an fholc na folca
Genitive na foilce na bhfolc
Dative leis an bhfolc

don fholc

 leis na folca
Derived terms
  • folcmhar (“pouring, torrential”, adjective)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish folcaid (“washes”).

Verb

folc (present analytic folcann, future analytic folcfaidh, verbal noun folcadh, past participle folctha)

  1. to bathe
  2. to wash
  3. to immerse, submerge, drench
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
singular plural relative autonomous
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‡; bhfolcainn‡‡		 d'fholctá /
fholctá‡; bhfolctᇇ		 d'fholcadh sé, sí /
fholcadh sé, sí‡; bhfolcadh sé, s퇇		 d'fholcaimis; d'fholcadh muid /
fholcaimis; fholcadh muid‡; bhfolcaimis‡‡; bhfolcadh muid‡‡		 d'fholcadh sibh /
fholcadh sibh‡; bhfolcadh sibh‡‡		 d'fholcaidís; d'fholcadh siad /
fholcaidís; fholcadh siad‡; bhfolcaidís‡‡; bhfolcadh siad‡‡		 a d'fholcadh /
a bhfolcadh*		 d'fholctaí /
fholctaí‡; bhfolcta퇇
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‡; bhfolcfainn‡‡ d'fholcfá / fholcfá‡; bhfolcfᇇ d'fholcfadh sé, sí / fholcfadh sé, sí‡; bhfolcfadh sé, s퇇 d'fholcfaimis; d'fholcfadh muid / fholcfaimis‡; fholcfadh muid‡; bhfolcfaimis‡‡; bhfolcfadh muid‡‡ d'fholcfadh sibh / fholcfadh sibh‡; bhfolcfadh sibh‡‡ d'fholcfaidís; d'fholcfadh siad / fholcfaidís‡; fholcfadh siad‡; bhfolcfaidís‡‡; bhfolcfadh siad‡‡ a d'fholcfadh /
a bhfolcfadh*		 d'fholcfaí / fholcfaí‡; bhfolcfa퇇
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
† Archaic or dialect form
‡ Dependent form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms
  • folcadán (“bath”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
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 Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fulką.

Noun

folc n

  1. people, folk

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Middle Dutch: volc
    • Dutch: volk
      • Afrikaans: volk
      • → Sranan Tongo: folku
    • Limburgish: vouk

Further reading
  • “folk”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fulką (“people”). Related to Old Frisian folk (West Frisian folk), Old Saxon folk (Low German Volk), Old Dutch folk (Dutch volk), Old High German folk (German Volk), Old Norse fólk (Swedish folk).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /folk/, [foɫk]

Noun

folc n

  1. a people, nation, tribe
    Wē þæt Folc
    We the People
    For þām Iudēisċan folce is Israēl þæt "Hālġe Land."
    For the Jewish people, Israel is the "Holy Land."
  2. crowd
  3. (in the singular or plural) people (multiple individuals)

Declension
Declension of folc (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative folc folc
accusative folc folc
genitive folces folca
dative folce folcum

Derived terms

Descendants

Old Saxon

Noun

folc n

  1. Alternative spelling of folk
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