uisge-beatha

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From uisge (water) + beatha (life) as a calque of Medieval Latin aqua vitae (water of life), from Proto-Celtic *udenskyos (water) and *biwotos (life), from *biwos (alive).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɯʃkʲəˈpɛhə/
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Noun

uisge-beatha m (genitive singular uisge-bheatha, plural uisgeachan-beatha)

  1. whisky

Mutation

Mutation of uisge-beatha
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uisge-beatha n-uisge-beatha h-uisge-beatha t-uisge-beatha

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

Descendants

  • English: usquebaugh, water of life, whisky