plúch

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See also: pluch

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pˠl̪ˠuːx/, /pˠlˠuːx/

Verb

plúch (present analytic plúchann, future analytic plúchfaidh, verbal noun plúchadh, past participle plúchta) (transitive)

  1. to suffocate (transitive), smother, asphyxiate, stifle
  2. to choke (transitive)
    Synonym: tacht
  3. to press, squeeze
  4. to congest
  5. to muffle (mute or deaden)
  6. to inundate (overwhelm)
    1. (business) to glut (a market)
    2. (telecommunications) to jam (block or confuse a broadcast signal)

Usage notes

The Irish verb is transitive; the intransitive English senses of “suffocate, choke” etc. must be translated using a passive or impersonal construction, such as Tá sé á phlúchadh (“He is choking”), Plúchadh iad (“They (were) suffocated”), or by making the thing on which the person choked the subject of the sentence, as Phlúch an deatach í (“She asphyxiated on the smoke”, literally “The smoke asphyxiated her”).

Conjugation

conjugation of plúch (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present plúchaim plúchann tú;
plúchair† 		plúchann sé, sí plúchaimid plúchann sibh plúchann siad;
plúchaid† 		a phlúchann; a phlúchas /
a bplúchann* 		plúchtar
past phlúch mé; phlúchas phlúch tú; phlúchais phlúch sé, sí phlúchamar; phlúch muid phlúch sibh; phlúchabhair phlúch siad; phlúchadar a phlúch /
ar phlúch* 		plúchadh
past habitual phlúchainn / bplúchainn‡‡ phlúchtá / bplúchtᇇ phlúchadh sé, sí / bplúchadh sé, s퇇 phlúchaimis; phlúchadh muid / bplúchaimis‡‡; bplúchadh muid‡‡ phlúchadh sibh / bplúchadh sibh‡‡ phlúchaidís; phlúchadh siad / bplúchaidís‡‡; bplúchadh siad‡‡ a phlúchadh /
a bplúchadh* 		phlúchtaí / bplúchta퇇
future plúchfaidh mé;
plúchfad 		plúchfaidh tú;
plúchfair† 		plúchfaidh sé, sí plúchfaimid;
plúchfaidh muid 		plúchfaidh sibh plúchfaidh siad;
plúchfaid† 		a phlúchfaidh; a phlúchfas /
a bplúchfaidh* 		plúchfar
conditional phlúchfainn / bplúchfainn‡‡ phlúchfá / bplúchfᇇ phlúchfadh sé, sí / bplúchfadh sé, s퇇 phlúchfaimis; phlúchfadh muid / bplúchfaimis‡‡; bplúchfadh muid‡‡ phlúchfadh sibh / bplúchfadh sibh‡‡ phlúchfaidís; phlúchfadh siad / bplúchfaidís‡‡; bplúchfadh siad‡‡ a phlúchfadh /
a bplúchfadh* 		phlúchfaí / bplúchfa퇇
subjunctive present go bplúcha mé;
go bplúchad† 		go bplúcha tú;
go bplúchair† 		go bplúcha sé, sí go bplúchaimid;
go bplúcha muid 		go bplúcha sibh go bplúcha siad;
go bplúchaid† 		— go bplúchtar
past dá bplúchainn dá bplúchtá dá bplúchadh sé, sí dá bplúchaimis;
dá bplúchadh muid 		dá bplúchadh sibh dá bplúchaidís;
dá bplúchadh siad 		— dá bplúchtaí
imperative plúchaim plúch plúchadh sé, sí plúchaimis plúchaigí;
plúchaidh† 		plúchaidís — plúchtar
verbal noun plúchadh
past participle plúchta

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of plúch
radical lenition eclipsis
plúch phlúch bplúch

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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