uisce
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish uisce, from Proto-Celtic *udenskyos, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥.
Pronunciation
Noun
uisce m (genitive singular uisce, nominative plural uiscí)
- water
- Synonym: dobhar
- 2015 [2014], Will Collins, translated by Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird, edited by Maura McHugh, Amhrán na Mara (fiction; paperback), Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Howth, Dublin: Cartoon Saloon; Coiscéim, translation of Song of the Sea (in English), →ISBN, page 2:
- Tá rónta ag bogadaíl ar bharr an uisce.
- [original: Seals bob up and down in the water.]
Declension
Declension of uisce
Derived terms
- aimsitheoir uisce
- buabhall uisce
- clóiséad uisce
- eireaball capaill uisce
- leithreas uisce
- madra uisce
- mealbhacán uisce
- píbín uisce
- poc uisce
- póló uisce
- príomhphíobán uisce
- scuab eich uisce
- seaicéad uisce
- timthriall an uisce
- túr uisce
- uisce beatha
- uisce crua
- uisce sinséir
- uisce-obach
- uiscechlár
- uiscedhíonach
- uisceshaothrú
- uiscigh
Descendants
- → English: whiskey
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
uisce | n-uisce | huisce | t-uisce |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uisce”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “uisce”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “uisce”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “uisce”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 24
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *udenskyos, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥.
Pronunciation
Noun
uisce m
Inflection
Masculine io-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | uisce | uisceL | uisciL |
Vocative | uisci | uisceL | uisciu |
Accusative | uisceN | uisceL | uisciuH |
Genitive | uisciL | uisceL | uisceN |
Dative | uisciuL | uiscib | uiscib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
- bodar-uisce m (literally “deaf water”)
- fíruisce m (“spring-water”)
- uisce bruithe m (“broth”)
- uisce coisrectha m (“holy water”)
- uisce comnaidi m (“stagnant water”)
- uisce eorna m (“barley water”)
- uisce ernaigde m (“holy water”)
- uisce ferthana m (“rain water”)
- uisce imill m (literally “water of the edge”)
- uisce innalta m (“water for washing”)
- uisce innlaid m (“water for washing”)
- uisce lám m (“hand-washing water”)
- uisce mela m (“honey water”)
- uisce móna m (“bog water”)
- uisce nádúrtha m (“plain water”)
- uisce oiffrind m (“water for mass”)
- uisce óil m (“drinking water”)
- uisce retha m (“running water”)
- uisce rosa m (“rose water”)
- uisce saillte m (“salt water”)
- uisce tibrat m (“well water”)
- uisceán m (“pool”)
- uiscech (“watery”, adjective)
- uisce-lestar (“water-pot”)
- uiscemail (“watery; damp”, adjective)
- uiscide (“watery, aqueous”, adjective)
Related terms
- uiscemlacht f (“wateriness, damp”)
Descendants
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
uisce (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | n-uisce |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “uisce”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wed-
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish terms with quotations
- Irish fourth-declension nouns
- ga:Water
- Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Irish lemmas
- Old Irish nouns
- Old Irish masculine nouns
- Old Irish masculine io-stem nouns
- sga:Water