rúsc

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish rúsc (compare Scottish Gaelic rùsg, Manx roost), from Proto-Celtic *ruskos (compare Welsh rhisgl).

Noun

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rúsc m (genitive singular rúisc, nominative plural rúisc)

  1. bark (of a tree)
  2. vessel made of bark
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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rúsc (present analytic rúscann, future analytic rúscfaidh, verbal noun rúscadh, past participle rúscthe)

  1. Alternative form of rúisc (poke; decorticate; trounce)
Conjugation
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Further reading

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *ruskos (compare Welsh rhisgl).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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rúsc m (genitive rúisc, no plural)

  1. bark (of a tree)
  2. basket
  3. covering

Inflection

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Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative rúsc
Vocative rúisc
Accusative rúscN
Genitive rúiscL
Dative rúscL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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  • Irish: rúsc
  • Manx: roost
  • Scottish Gaelic: rùsg
  • Middle Irish: *rúiscid

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
rúsc
also rrúsc after a proclitic
rúsc
pronounced with /r(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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