fíoruisce
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish fíruisce (literally “true water”). By surface analysis, fíor- + uisce. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic fìor-uisge.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fíoruisce m (genitive singular fíoruisce)
Declension[edit]
Declension of fíoruisce
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fíoruisce | fhíoruisce | bhfíoruisce |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References[edit]
- ^ “fíoruisce”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 101
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 fír”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fíor-uisce”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 317
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fíoruisce”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN