uisge

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Irish

Noun

uisge m (genitive singular uisge, nominative plural uisgí)

  1. obsolete spelling of uisce

Declension

Declension of uisge (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative uisge uisgí
vocative a uisge a uisgí
genitive uisge uisgí
dative uisge uisgí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-uisge na huisgí
genitive an uisge na n-uisgí
dative leis an uisge
don uisge 		leis na huisgí

Mutation

Mutated forms of uisge
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uisge n-uisge huisge t-uisge

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *wed-
    Proto-Indo-European *-r̥
    Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥der.
    Proto-Celtic *udenskyos
    Old Irish uisce
    Scottish Gaelic uisge

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

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    uisge m (genitive singular uisge, plural uisgeachan)

    1. water
    2. rain, shower
      Tha an t-uisge ann. ― It is raining.
    3. river, stream
      Synonyms: abhainn, sruth
    4. (rare) wave

    Declension

    Declension of uisge (class IId masculine noun)
    indefinite
    singular plural
    nominative uisge uisgeachan
    genitive uisge uisgeachan
    dative uisge uisgeachan
    definite
    singular plural
    nominative (an) t-uisge (na) h-uisgeachan
    genitive (an) uisge (nan) uisgeachan
    dative (an) uisge (na) h-uisgeachan
    vocative uisge uisgeachan

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • → English: whisky

    References

    1. ^ Donald A. Morrison (2020) Modularity and stratification in phonology: Evidence from Scottish Gaelic (Thesis)‎, Manchester: University of Manchester
    2. ^ Donald A. Morrison (2020) Modularity and stratification in phonology: Evidence from Scottish Gaelic (Thesis)‎, Manchester: University of Manchester
    3. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
    • Edward Dwelly (1911) “uisge”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan ‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
    • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “uisce”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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