fuisce
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English whiskey, from Irish uisce beatha.
Pronunciation
Noun
fuisce m (genitive singular fuisce)
- whiskey
- Synonyms: beathuisce, uisce beatha
Declension
Declension of fuisce
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- fuisce baile (“moonshine”)
- fuisce braiche (“malt whiskey”)
- fuisce na hAlban (“Scotch whisky”)
- fuisce seagail (“rye (whiskey)”)
- fuisce te (“hot whiskey”)
- fuisciúil (“whiskified”, adjective)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fuisce | fhuisce | bhfuisce |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fuisce”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fuisce”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “fuisce”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024