folc

== Catalan == === Alternative forms === folcat === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *folk (“people, tribe”), perhaps via a Vulgar Latin fulcus. Compare Old French foulc (Modern French foule). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈfolk] === Noun === folc m (plural folcs) herd, flock Synonym: ramat === Further reading === “folc”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == 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”), from Proto-Celtic *wolkīti. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic failc (“to bathe”), and more distantly 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 ===== ===== Derived terms ===== folcadán (“bath”) === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “folc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “folc”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “folc”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 == 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 ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Dutch: volcDutch: volk, vouk (dialectal)Afrikaans: volkNegerhollands: volk, folok, folk, fulok, fuluk, folluk→ Sranan Tongo: folkuLimburgish: vouk ==== Further reading ==== “folk”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012 == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *fulką (“people”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /folk/, [foɫk] === Noun === folc n the people, especially the common people a people, nation, or tribe Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church crowd the public late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans (in the singular or plural) people (multiple individuals) military, army; troop (in compounds) popular (in compounds) public, common (in compounds) country, rural ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: folk, folc, folck, follc, volc (Early Middle English), foolk, folke (Late Middle English), fok, foke (Northern), volk (Kent or Southern)English: folk; folkesScots: fowk == Old Irish == === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *wolkos, from a devoiced variant of Proto-Indo-European *welg-. === Noun === folc m wet weather, heavy rain ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Irish: folc Irish: folc === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 folc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language == Old Saxon == === Noun === folc n alternative spelling of folk