uisce

Irish

Alternative forms

uisge (obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wed-

Proto-Indo-European *-r̥

Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥der.

Proto-Celtic *udenskyos

Old Irish uisce

Irish uisce

From Old Irish uisce, from Proto-Celtic *udenskyos, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥, *udéns.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈiʃcə/,
Audio: (file)

Noun

uisce m (genitive singular uisce, nominative plural uiscí)

water
Synonym: dobhar
- 2015 , Will Collins, translated by Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird, edited by Maura McHugh, Amhrán na Mara (fiction; paperback), Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Howth, Dublin: Cartoon Saloon; Coiscéim, translation of Song of the Sea (in English), →ISBN, page 2:
  Tá rónta ag bogadaíl ar bharr an uisce.

Declension

Declension of uisce (fourth declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	uisce	uiscí
vocative	a uisce	a uiscí
genitive	uisce	uiscí
dative	uisce	uiscí

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an t-uisce	na huiscí
genitive	an uisce	na n-uiscí
dative	leis an uisce don uisce	leis na huiscí

Derived terms

Descendants

→ English: whiskey

Mutation

Mutated forms of *uisce*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uisce	n-uisce	huisce	t-uisce

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

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “uisce”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*uden-sk-yo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 395
^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch , Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 143
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 286, page 102
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 46, page 24

Old Irish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wed-

Proto-Indo-European *-r̥

Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥der.

Proto-Celtic *udenskyos

Old Irish uisce

From Proto-Celtic *udenskyos, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr, *udéns.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Noun

uisce m

water
Synonym: dobur

Inflection

Masculine io-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	uisce	uisce^L	uisci^L
vocative	uisci	uisce^L	uisciu
accusative	uisce^N	uisce^L	uisciu^H
genitive	uisci^L	uisce^L	uisce^N
dative	uisciu^L	uiscib	uiscib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

bodar-uisce m (literally “deaf water”)
fíruisce m (“spring-water”)
uisce bruithe m (“broth”)
uisce coisrectha m (“holy water”)
uisce comnaidi m (“stagnant water”)
uisce eorna m (“barley water”)
uisce ernaigde m (“holy water”)
uisce ferthana m (“rain water”)
uisce imill m (literally “water of the edge”)
uisce innalta m (“water for washing”)
uisce innlaid m (“water for washing”)
uisce lám m (“hand-washing water”)
uisce mela m (“honey water”)
uisce móna m (“bog water”)
uisce nádúrtha m (“plain water”)
uisce oiffrind m (“water for mass”)
uisce óil m (“drinking water”)
uisce retha m (“running water”)
uisce rosa m (“rose water”)
uisce saillte m (“salt water”)
uisce tibrat m (“well water”)
uisceán m (“pool”)
uiscech (“watery”, adjective)
uisce-lestar (“water-pot”)
uiscemail (“watery; damp”, adjective)
uiscemlacht f (“wateriness, damp”)
uiscide (“watery, aqueous”, adjective)

Descendants

Irish: uisce, uisge (obsolete)
- → English: whiskey
Manx: ushtey
Scottish Gaelic: uisge
- → English: whisky

Mutation

Mutation of *uisce*
radical	lenition	nasalization
uisce (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-uisce

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

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*uden-sk-yo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 395

uisce

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Derived terms

Descendants

Mutation

References

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