# fiuch
## Irish
### Alternative forms

* fliuch

### Etymology

From Old Irish fiuchaid, fichid (“boils, seethes, bubbles”, verb).

### Pronunciation

* (Ulster) IPA: /fʲɨ̞x/ (as if spelled fioch)

### Verb

fiuch (present analytic fiuchann, future analytic fiuchfaidh, verbal noun fiuchadh, past participle fiuchta)
* (transitive, intransitive) boil

#### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | fiuchaim | fiuchann tú; fiuchair$^†$ | fiuchann sé, sí | fiuchaimid | fiuchann sibh | fiuchann siad; fiuchaid$^†$ | a fhiuchann; a fhiuchas / a bhfiuchann* | fiuchtar |
| indicative | past | d'fhiuch mé; d'fhiuchas / fhiuch mé‡; fhiuchas‡ | d'fhiuch tú; d'fhiuchais / fhiuch tú; fhiuchais‡ | d'fhiuch sé, sí / fhiuch sé, sí‡ | d'fhiuchamar; d'fhiuch muid / fhiuchamar; fhiuch muid‡ | d'fhiuch sibh; d'fhiuchabhair / fhiuch sibh; fhiuchabhair‡ | d'fhiuch siad; d'fhiuchadar / fhiuch siad; fhiuchadar‡ | a d'fhiuch / ar fhiuch* | fiuchadh |
| indicative | past habitual | d'fhiuchainn / fhiuchainn‡; bhfiuchainn‡‡ | d'fhiuchtá / fhiuchtá‡; bhfiuchtá‡‡ | d'fhiuchadh sé, sí / fhiuchadh sé, sí‡; bhfiuchadh sé, sí‡‡ | d'fhiuchaimis; d'fhiuchadh muid / fhiuchaimis; fhiuchadh muid‡; bhfiuchaimis‡‡; bhfiuchadh muid‡‡ | d'fhiuchadh sibh / fhiuchadh sibh‡; bhfiuchadh sibh‡‡ | d'fhiuchaidís; d'fhiuchadh siad / fhiuchaidís; fhiuchadh siad‡; bhfiuchaidís‡‡; bhfiuchadh siad‡‡ | a d'fhiuchadh / a bhfiuchadh* | d'fhiuchtaí / fhiuchtaí‡; bhfiuchtaí‡‡ |
| future | future | fiuchfaidh mé; fiuchfad | fiuchfaidh tú; fiuchfair$^†$ | fiuchfaidh sé, sí | fiuchfaimid; fiuchfaidh muid | fiuchfaidh sibh | fiuchfaidh siad; fiuchfaid$^†$ | a fhiuchfaidh; a fhiuchfas / a bhfiuchfaidh* | fiuchfar |
| conditional | conditional | d'fhiuchfainn / fhiuchfainn‡; bhfiuchfainn‡‡ | d'fhiuchfá / fhiuchfá‡; bhfiuchfá‡‡ | d'fhiuchfadh sé, sí / fhiuchfadh sé, sí‡; bhfiuchfadh sé, sí‡‡ | d'fhiuchfaimis; d'fhiuchfadh muid / fhiuchfaimis‡; fhiuchfadh muid‡; bhfiuchfaimis‡‡; bhfiuchfadh muid‡‡ | d'fhiuchfadh sibh / fhiuchfadh sibh‡; bhfiuchfadh sibh‡‡ | d'fhiuchfaidís; d'fhiuchfadh siad / fhiuchfaidís‡; fhiuchfadh siad‡; bhfiuchfaidís‡‡; bhfiuchfadh siad‡‡ | a d'fhiuchfadh / a bhfiuchfadh* | d'fhiuchfaí / fhiuchfaí‡; bhfiuchfaí‡‡ |
| subjunctive | present | go bhfiucha mé; go bhfiuchad$^†$ | go bhfiucha tú; go bhfiuchair$^†$ | go bhfiucha sé, sí | go bhfiuchaimid; go bhfiucha muid | go bhfiucha sibh | go bhfiucha siad; go bhfiuchaid$^†$ | — | go bhfiuchtar |
| subjunctive | past | dá bhfiuchainn | dá bhfiuchtá | dá bhfiuchadh sé, sí | dá bhfiuchaimis; dá bhfiuchadh muid | dá bhfiuchadh sibh | dá bhfiuchaidís; dá bhfiuchadh siad | — | dá bhfiuchtaí |
| imperative | imperative | fiuchaim | fiuch | fiuchadh sé, sí | fiuchaimis | fiuchaigí; fiuchaidh$^†$ | fiuchaidís | — | fiuchtar |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | fiuchadh | fiuchadh | fiuchadh | fiuchadh | fiuchadh | fiuchadh | fiuchadh | fiuchadh |
| past participle | past participle | fiuchta | fiuchta | fiuchta | fiuchta | fiuchta | fiuchta | fiuchta | fiuchta |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡ dependent form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

### References

* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume 40, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fiuch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 fichid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fiuchaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fiuch”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “fiuch”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024