plúch

See also: pluch

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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*; a bplúchas*	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*; a bplúchfas*	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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
plúch	phlúch	bplúch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “plúch”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “plúchad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “plúċaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 547
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “plúch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN