rúsc

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish rúsc (compare Scottish Gaelic rùsg, Manx roost), from Proto-Celtic *rūskos (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 *rūskos (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

Mutation of rúsc
radical lenition nasalization
rúsc
also rrúsc after a proclitic
ending in a vowel 		rúsc
pronounced with /r(ʲ)-/ 		unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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