# pluc
## Irish
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic, from the sound of releasing air from the cheeks. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic pluic.

### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Connacht) IPA: /pˠl̪ˠuk/, /pˠlˠuk/
* (Ulster) IPA: /pˠlˠʌk/, /pˠl̪ˠʌk/

### Noun

pluc f (genitive singular pluice, nominative plural pluca)
* (rounded) cheek
* pucker (fold or wrinkle)

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
pluc
pluca
vocative
a phluc
a phluca
genitive
pluice
pluc
dative
pluc pluic (archaic, dialectal)
pluca
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an phluc
na pluca
genitive
na pluice
na bpluc
dative
leis an bpluc leis an bpluic (archaic, dialectal) don phluc don phluic (archaic, dialectal)
leis na pluca :

#### Derived terms

* plucach (“chubby-cheeked”, adjective)
* plucachán m (“chubby child”)
* plucaí m ((nickname for) chubby child)
* plucaidí m ((nickname for) chubby child)
* plucaire m (“large-cheeked person; cheeky person”)
* plucaireacht f (“impertinence, cheek”)
* plucán m (“chubby child”)
* plucánta (“chubby-cheeked”, adjective)

### Verb

pluc (present analytic plucann, future analytic plucfaidh, verbal noun plucadh, past participle pluctha)
* (intransitive) puff out, bulge
* (transitive) stuff, cram

#### Conjugation

| verbal noun | plucadh | plucadh | plucadh | plucadh | plucadh | plucadh | plucadh | plucadh |
| past participle | pluctha | pluctha | pluctha | pluctha | pluctha | pluctha | pluctha | pluctha |
| tense | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| tense | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative |||||||||
| present | plucaim | plucann tú; plucair$^†$ | plucann sé, sí | plucaimid | plucann sibh | plucann siad; plucaid$^†$ | a phlucann; a phlucas / a bplucann* | pluctar |
| past | phluc mé; phlucas | phluc tú; phlucais | phluc sé, sí | phlucamar; phluc muid | phluc sibh; phlucabhair | phluc siad; phlucadar | a phluc / ar phluc* | plucadh |
| past habitual | phlucainn / bplucainn‡‡ | phluctá / bpluctá‡‡ | phlucadh sé, sí / bplucadh sé, sí‡‡ | phlucaimis; phlucadh muid / bplucaimis‡‡; bplucadh muid‡‡ | phlucadh sibh / bplucadh sibh‡‡ | phlucaidís; phlucadh siad / bplucaidís‡‡; bplucadh siad‡‡ | a phlucadh / a bplucadh* | phluctaí / bpluctaí‡‡ |
| future | plucfaidh mé; plucfad | plucfaidh tú; plucfair$^†$ | plucfaidh sé, sí | plucfaimid; plucfaidh muid | plucfaidh sibh | plucfaidh siad; plucfaid$^†$ | a phlucfaidh; a phlucfas / a bplucfaidh* | plucfar |
| conditional | phlucfainn / bplucfainn‡‡ | phlucfá / bplucfá‡‡ | phlucfadh sé, sí / bplucfadh sé, sí‡‡ | phlucfaimis; phlucfadh muid / bplucfaimis‡‡; bplucfadh muid‡‡ | phlucfadh sibh / bplucfadh sibh‡‡ | phlucfaidís; phlucfadh siad / bplucfaidís‡‡; bplucfadh siad‡‡ | a phlucfadh / a bplucfadh* | phlucfaí / bplucfaí‡‡ |
| subjunctive |||||||||
| present | go bpluca mé; go bplucad$^†$ | go bpluca tú; go bplucair$^†$ | go bpluca sé, sí | go bplucaimid; go bpluca muid | go bpluca sibh | go bpluca siad; go bplucaid$^†$ | — | go bpluctar |
| past | dá bplucainn | dá bpluctá | dá bplucadh sé, sí | dá bplucaimis; dá bplucadh muid | dá bplucadh sibh | dá bplucaidís; dá bplucadh siad | — | dá bpluctaí |
| imperative |||||||||
| – | plucaim | pluc | plucadh sé, sí | plucaimis | plucaigí; plucaidh$^†$ | plucaidís | — | pluctar |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 pluc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 14, page 10
* ↑ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, page 74, line 138
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 360, page 123

### Further reading

* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “pluc”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 547
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pluc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “pluc”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “pluc”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Scottish Gaelic
### Noun

pluc m (genitive pluic or pluca, plural plucan)
* bump, lump
* pimple
* tumour
* knot (in wood)

### Mutation

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