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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish fíruisce (literally “true water”). By surface analysis, fíor- + uisce. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic fìor-uisge.
Pronunciation
Noun
fíoruisce m (genitive singular fíoruisce)
- fresh water
- springwater
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| fíoruisce
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fhíoruisce
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bhfíoruisce
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 fír”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fíor-uisce”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 317
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fíoruisce”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN