flichshneachta
The Irish word for sleet is flichshneachta.
flichshneachta is a noun used to describe a precipitation mixture consisting of both rain and snow.
Meaning: precipitation of rain–snow mixture (noun)
Did you know?
- In Irish, the word sneachta can also be used metaphorically to describe a white, frothy head on a pint of stout.
- The word sneachta shares a distant linguistic ancestor with the English word 'snow' through the Proto-Indo-European root for 'falling white flakes'.
- In Irish, the word sneachta for 'snow' is a feminine noun, which affects how adjectives like flich are modified in different grammatical cases.
Examples in context
- Tá sé ag cur plúiríní anoisIt's sleeting now
Example conversation
Conor and Siobhán are looking out the window at the weather.
- ConorBreathnaigh ar an flichshneachta!Look at the sleet!
- SiobhánTá sé go hálainn, ach tá sé fuar.It is beautiful, but it is cold.
- ConorAn gáireann tú go mbeidh sneachta ann?Do you think there will be snow?
- SiobhánB'fhéidir, má thit an flichshneachta seo go deo.Maybe, if this sleet keeps falling.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “sleet” translations, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
