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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
flasg, a flask, W. fflasg; from the Eng.
flath, a chief, prince, Ir. flaith, O. Ir. flaith, chief, dominion, flaithem(an), chief (*vlatimon-), W. gwlad, region, M.W. gulatic, rex, Corn. gulat, patria, Br. gloat, realm, Gaul. vlatos, *vlato-s, *vlati-s, root vala, vla, be strong; Lat. valere, Eng. valid; Got. valdan, Ger. walten, rule, Eng. weild, Walter; Ch. Sl. vladą, rule, Russ. vladiete, rule, O. Pruss. waldnika-, king. Also *valo-s as the final element of certain personal names—Domhnall, *Dumno-valo-s (see domhan), Conall, *Kuno-valo-s (*kuno-s, high, root ku, as in curaidh, q.v., Teutonic Hûn-, Humbold, Humphrey, Hunwald, etc.), Cathal, *Katu-valo-s (see cath), etc.
fleachdail, flowing in ringlets (H.S.D., from MSS.); from Lat. plecto, plait.
fleadh, a feast, Ir. fleadh, O. Ir. fled, W. gwledd, O. W. guled, pompae, *vḷdâ, root vel, wish; Gr. εἰλαπίνη, feast, ἒλδομαι, wish, ἐλπίς, hope; Lat. voluptas; Eng. will, well.
fleadhadh, brandishing; Eng. wield; see flath.
fleasg, a rod, wreath, Ir. fleasg, garland, wand, sheaf, O. Ir. flesc, rod, linea, *vleska, from *vledska, root vḷd; Ger. wald, wood, Eng. wold; Gr. ἄλσος, grove; Ch. Sl. vladi, hair. From the Celtic comes the Fr. flèche, arrow, whence Eng. Fletcher, arrow-maker. See fleisdear.
fleasgach, young man, bachelor, so Ir., M. Ir. flesgach: "wand-bearer". From fleasg, above. The Ir. fleasgaigh ealadhna, itinerant medicine men, carried fleasgan to denote their profession.
fleasgairt, a barge or boat hung with festoons; from fleasg.
fleisdear, arrow-maker; from Sc. fledgear, M. Eng. flecchere, now fletcher, from O. Fr. flechier. See fleasg further.
fleodradh, floating (Heb.), fleodruinn, a buoy; from Norse fljóta, to float, Eng. float.
fleogan, an untidy, flabby person, a flat fish (Arms.), fleoidhte, flaccid (Sh.):
fliodh, chickweed, a wen, Ir. fliodh, fligh, chickweed, W. gwlydd, chickweed, soft stems of plants, *vḷdu-. Same root as in fleasg.
fliuch, wet, Ir., O. Ir., fliuch, W. gwlyb, O. W. gulip, Corn. glibor, humor, Br. gloeb, wet, *vḷqu-s, wet; Lat. liquidus (= fliquidus); Lit. wa'lks, wet, wa'lka, swampy place. See failc.
flò, hallucination (H.S.D. for N. H.):
flod, a state of floating; from Eng. float, Norse floti, a raft.
flodach, lukewarm; see plodadh.
flùr, plùr, flower, Ir. plúr, M. Ir. plúr; from the M. Eng. flour, O. Fr. flour, Lat. florem, G. flùr is from the Scotch.
