ushtey
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Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish uisce, from Proto-Celtic *udenskyos, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥.
Pronunciation
Noun
ushtey m (genitive singular ushtey, plural ushtaghyn)
- water
- Chasherickee eh yn ushtey. ― He blessed the water.
- Laa er meshtey, laa er ushtey. ― A day of boozing, a day on water.
Derived terms
- ushtagh (“watery; aquatic”)
- ushtee (“water, irrigate, steep”, verb)
- ushtey aeragh (“aerated water”)
- ushtey bea braghey (“malt whisky”)
- ushtey bea (“whisky, scotch, usquebaugh”)
- ushtey bio (“aqua vitae”)
- ushtey chibbyragh (“well water”)
- ushtey drigit (“distilled water”)
- ushtey eayil (“lime water”)
- ushtey farraneagh (“spring water”)
- ushtey fliaghee (“rainwater”)
- ushtey fo-halloo (“conspiracy”)
- ushtey fyseidagh (“tap water”)
- ushtey giallee (“bleaching water”)
- ushtey jeeigey (“ditch water”)
- ushtey king (“hydrocephalus”)
- ushtey lavander (“lavender water”)
- ushtey meainagh (“table water”)
- ushtey millish (“fresh water”)
- ushtey noa (“spring tide after neap”)
- ushtey potash (“potash water”)
- ushtey reise (“rice water”)
- ushtey rose (“rose water”)
- ushtey rummee (“bilge water”)
- ushtey saagh (“dish water”)
- ushtey sallagh (“foul water”)
- ushtey soda (“soda water”)
- ushtey stangit (“dam”)
- ushtey sulfur (“sulphur water”)
- ushtey thanney (“shallow water”)
- ushtey vea er e vlass (“undiluted whisky”)
- ushtey y yannoo (“let in”)
- ushtey yn chruinney (“hydrosphere”)
- ushteydane (“aquarium”)
- ushtey-feayrit (“water-cooled”)
- ushtey-ghaa (“water colour”)
- ushtey-ghleashaght (“hydrodynamics”)
- ushtey-ghlonney (“water glass”)
- ushtey-hassooagh (“hydrostatic”)
- ushtey-hassooaght (“hydrostatics”)
- ushtey-hooill (“hydroscope”)
- ushtey-hooillagh (“hydroscopic”)
- ushtey-howse (“hydrometry”)
- ushtey-howsheyder (“hydrometer”)
- ushtey-lectragh (“hydroelectric”)
- ushtey-lheihys (“hydrotheraphy, hydropathy”)
- ushtey-lheihyssagh (“hydrotherapeutic, hydropathic”)
- ushtey-obbragh (“hydraulic”)
- ushtey-obbraghys (“hydraulics”)
- ushtey-yiooldagh (“water-repellant”)
- ushtoil (“aqueous”)
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “uisce”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language