beathuisce

Irish

Etymology

From beath- (“vital”) +‎ uisce (“water”), a calque of Medieval Latin aqua vitae (“water of life”).

Noun

beathuisce m (genitive singular beathuisce)

1. whiskey

   Synonyms: fuisce, uisce beatha

Declension

Declension of beathuisce

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative beathuisce Vocative a bheathuisce Genitive beathuisce Dative beathuisce

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an beathuisce Genitive an bheathuisce Dative leis an mbeathuisce don bheathuisce

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
beathuisce	bheathuisce	mbeathuisce
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beathuisce”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “beathuisce” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.