rúsc

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish rúsc (compare Scottish Gaelic rùsg, Manx roost), from Proto-Celtic *ruskos (compare Welsh rhisgl).

Noun

rúsc m (genitive singular rúisc, nominative plural rúisc)

  1. bark (of a tree)
  2. vessel made of bark
Declension
Declension of rúsc

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rúsc rúisc
Vocative a rúisc a rúsca
Genitive rúisc rúsc
Dative rúsc rúisc

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an rúsc na rúisc
Genitive an rúisc na rúsc
Dative leis an rúsc

don rúsc

leis na rúisc

Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

rúsc (present analytic rúscann, future analytic rúscfaidh, verbal noun rúscadh, past participle rúscthe)

  1. Alternative form of rúisc (“poke; decorticate; trounce”)
Conjugation
conjugation of rúsc (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present rúscaim rúscann tú;
rúscair† 		rúscann sé, sí rúscaimid rúscann sibh rúscann siad;
rúscaid† 		a rúscann; a rúscas rúsctar
past rúsc mé; rúscas rúsc tú; rúscais rúsc sé, sí rúscamar; rúsc muid rúsc sibh; rúscabhair rúsc siad; rúscadar a rúsc /
ar rúsc* 		rúscadh
past habitual rúscainn rúsctá rúscadh sé, sí rúscaimis; rúscadh muid rúscadh sibh rúscaidís; rúscadh siad a rúscadh /
a rúscadh* 		rúsctaí
future rúscfaidh mé;
rúscfad 		rúscfaidh tú;
rúscfair† 		rúscfaidh sé, sí rúscfaimid;
rúscfaidh muid 		rúscfaidh sibh rúscfaidh siad;
rúscfaid† 		a rúscfaidh; a rúscfas rúscfar
conditional rúscfainn rúscfá rúscfadh sé, sí rúscfaimis; rúscfadh muid rúscfadh sibh rúscfaidís; rúscfadh siad a rúscfadh /
a rúscfadh* 		rúscfaí
subjunctive present go rúsca mé;
go rúscad† 		go rúsca tú;
go rúscair† 		go rúsca sé, sí go rúscaimid;
go rúsca muid 		go rúsca sibh go rúsca siad;
go rúscaid† 		— go rúsctar
past dá rúscainn dá rúsctá dá rúscadh sé, sí dá rúscaimis;
dá rúscadh muid 		dá rúscadh sibh dá rúscaidís;
dá rúscadh siad 		— dá rúsctaí
imperative rúscaim rúsc rúscadh sé, sí rúscaimis rúscaigí;
rúscaidh† 		rúscaidís — rúsctar
verbal noun rúscadh
past participle rúsctha

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ruskos (compare Welsh rhisgl).

Pronunciation

Noun

rúsc m (genitive rúisc, no plural)

  1. bark (of a tree)
  2. basket
  3. covering

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative rúsc — —
Vocative rúisc — —
Accusative rúscN — —
Genitive rúiscL — —
Dative rúscL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: rúsc
  • Manx: roost
  • Scottish Gaelic: rùsg
  • ⇒ Middle Irish: *rúiscid

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
rúsc
also rrúsc after a proclitic
ending in a vowel 		rúsc
pronounced with /r(ʲ)-/ 		unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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