fuisce

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Irish

Alternative forms

fuiscí

Etymology

Borrowed from English whiskey, from Irish uisce beatha.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɪʃcɪ/

Noun

fuisce m (genitive singular fuisce)

whiskey
Synonyms: beathuisce, uisce beatha

Declension

Declension of fuisce

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	fuisce
Vocative	a fhuisce
Genitive	fuisce
Dative	fuisce

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular
Nominative	an fuisce
Genitive	an fhuisce
Dative	leis an bhfuisce don fhuisce

Derived terms

fuisce baile (“moonshine”)
fuisce braiche (“malt whiskey”)
fuisce na hAlban (“Scotch whisky”)
fuisce seagail (“rye (whiskey)”)
fuisce te (“hot whiskey”)
fuisciúil (“whiskified”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fuisce	fhuisce	bhfuisce
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fuisce”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fuisce”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“fuisce”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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