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Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *folk (“people, tribe”), perhaps via a Vulgar Latin fulcus. Compare Old French foulc (Modern French foule).
Pronunciation
Noun
folc m (plural folcs)
- herd, flock
- Synonym: ramat
Further reading
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin fulgur.
Noun
folc m
- thunderbolt
- Synonyms: saete, sfulmin
Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish folc (“heavy rain, wet weather”).
Noun
folc f (genitive singular foilce, nominative plural folca)
- downpour, flood
Declension
Derived terms
- folcmhar (“pouring, torrential”, adjective)
Etymology 2
From Old Irish folcaid (“washes”). Cognate with Welsh golchi, Cornish golhi, Breton gwalc'hiñ.
Verb
folc (present analytic folcann, future analytic folcfaidh, verbal noun folcadh, past participle folctha)
- (transitive) bathe
- (transitive) wash
- (transitive) immerse, submerge, drench
Conjugation
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singular
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plural
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relative
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autonomous
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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indicative
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present
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folcaim
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folcann tú; folcair†
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folcann sé, sí
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folcaimid
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folcann sibh
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folcann siad; folcaid†
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a fholcann; a fholcas / a bhfolcann*; a bhfolcas*
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folctar
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past
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d'fholc mé; d'fholcas / fholc mé‡; fholcas‡
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d'fholc tú; d'fholcais / fholc tú; fholcais‡
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d'fholc sé, sí / fholc sé, sí‡
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d'fholcamar; d'fholc muid / fholcamar; fholc muid‡
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d'fholc sibh; d'fholcabhair / fholc sibh; fholcabhair‡
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d'fholc siad; d'fholcadar / fholc siad; fholcadar‡
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a d'fholc / ar fholc*
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folcadh
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past habitual
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d'fholcainn / fholcainn‡; bhfolcainn‡‡
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d'fholctá / fholctá‡; bhfolctᇇ
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d'fholcadh sé, sí / fholcadh sé, sí‡; bhfolcadh sé, s퇇
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d'fholcaimis; d'fholcadh muid / fholcaimis; fholcadh muid‡; bhfolcaimis‡‡; bhfolcadh muid‡‡
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d'fholcadh sibh / fholcadh sibh‡; bhfolcadh sibh‡‡
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d'fholcaidís; d'fholcadh siad / fholcaidís; fholcadh siad‡; bhfolcaidís‡‡; bhfolcadh siad‡‡
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a d'fholcadh / a bhfolcadh*
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d'fholctaí / fholctaí‡; bhfolcta퇇
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future
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folcfaidh mé; folcfad
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folcfaidh tú; folcfair†
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folcfaidh sé, sí
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folcfaimid; folcfaidh muid
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folcfaidh sibh
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folcfaidh siad; folcfaid†
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a fholcfaidh; a fholcfas / a bhfolcfaidh*; a bhfolcfas*
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folcfar
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conditional
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d'fholcfainn / fholcfainn‡; bhfolcfainn‡‡
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d'fholcfá / fholcfá‡; bhfolcfᇇ
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d'fholcfadh sé, sí / fholcfadh sé, sí‡; bhfolcfadh sé, s퇇
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d'fholcfaimis; d'fholcfadh muid / fholcfaimis‡; fholcfadh muid‡; bhfolcfaimis‡‡; bhfolcfadh muid‡‡
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d'fholcfadh sibh / fholcfadh sibh‡; bhfolcfadh sibh‡‡
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d'fholcfaidís; d'fholcfadh siad / fholcfaidís‡; fholcfadh siad‡; bhfolcfaidís‡‡; bhfolcfadh siad‡‡
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a d'fholcfadh / a bhfolcfadh*
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d'fholcfaí / fholcfaí‡; bhfolcfa퇇
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subjunctive
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present
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go bhfolca mé; go bhfolcad†
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go bhfolca tú; go bhfolcair†
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go bhfolca sé, sí
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go bhfolcaimid; go bhfolca muid
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go bhfolca sibh
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go bhfolca siad; go bhfolcaid†
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go bhfolctar
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past
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dá bhfolcainn
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dá bhfolctá
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dá bhfolcadh sé, sí
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dá bhfolcaimis; dá bhfolcadh muid
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dá bhfolcadh sibh
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dá bhfolcaidís; dá bhfolcadh siad
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dá bhfolctaí
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imperative
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folcaim
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folc
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folcadh sé, sí
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folcaimis
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folcaigí; folcaidh†
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folcaidís
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folctar
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verbal noun
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folcadh
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past participle
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folctha
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* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Derived terms
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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folc
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fholc
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bhfolc
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
Middle English
Noun
folc
- (chiefly Early Middle English) Alternative form of folk
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *folk, from Proto-Germanic *fulką.
Noun
folc n
- people, folk
- army, troop
Inflection
Declension of folc (neuter strong a-stem)
Descendants
Further reading
- “folk”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fulką (“people”).
Pronunciation
Noun
folc n
- the people, especially the common people
Lēodhatan frēoġaþ hīe selfe, ac hīe ġeþēowiaþ þæt folc.- Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people.
- a people, nation, or tribe
"Iūdēum þyncþ þæt hīe sīen Godes ġecorene folc." "Hwā ne dēþ?"- "The Jews think they're God's chosen people." "Who doesn't?"
- crowd
- the public
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans
Hīe sæġdon þām folce þæt heora godu him wǣren ierru, tō þȳ þæt hīe him þā ġīet swīðor blēoten þonne hīe ǣr dydon.- They told the public that their gods were angry at them, so they would sacrifice to them even more than they had before.
- (in the singular or plural) people (multiple individuals)
- military, army; troop
- (in compounds) popular
- (in compounds) public, common
- (in compounds) country, rural
Declension
Declension of folc (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
Descendants
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *wolkos, from a devoiced variant of Proto-Indo-European *welg-.
Noun
folc m
- wet weather, heavy rain
Inflection
Masculine o-stem
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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Nominative
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folc
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folcL
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foilcL
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Vocative
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foilc
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folcL
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folcuH
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Accusative
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folcN
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folcL
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folcuH
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Genitive
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foilcL
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folc
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folcN
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Dative
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folcL
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folcaib
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folcaib
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Descendants
Mutation
Old Irish mutation
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Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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folc
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ḟolc
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folc pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
Further reading
Old Saxon
Noun
folc n
- Alternative spelling of folk