uisge
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Irish
Noun
uisge m (genitive singular uisge, nominative plural uisgí)
Declension
Declension of uisge
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| uisge | n-uisge | huisge | t-uisge |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish uisce, from Proto-Celtic *udenskyos, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥.
Pronunciation
Noun
uisge m (genitive singular uisge, plural uisgeachan)
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 | (a) uisge | (a) uisgeachan |
Derived terms
- buabhall uisge (“water buffalo”)
- coille-uisge (“rain forest”)
- creagag-uisge (“European perch”)
- dath-uisge (“watercolour”)
- fìor-uisge (“fresh water; spring water”)
- gobha-uisge (“dipper (bird)”)
- iolair-uisge (“osprey”)
- muileann-uisge (“water mill”)
- uisge-adhair (“rainwater”)
- uisge-beatha (“whisky”)
- uisge-coisrigte (“holy water”)
- uisge-dhìonach (“waterproof”)
- uisge-searbhaig (“acid rain”)
- uisge-stiùireach (“wake (behind boat)”)
Descendants
- → English: whisky
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “uisge”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “uisce”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language