uisce
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- uisge (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish uisce, from Proto-Celtic *udenskyos, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr, *udéns.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
uisce m (genitive singular uisce, nominative plural uiscí)
- water
- Synonym: dobhar
- 2015, Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird, transl.; Maura McHugh, editor, Amhrán na Mara (fiction, paperback), Kilkenny, County Kilkenny; Howth, Dublin: Cartoon Saloon; Coiscéim, translation of Song of the Sea by Will Collins, →ISBN, page 2:
- Tá rónta ag bogadaíl ar bharr an uisce.
- Seals bob up and down in the water.
Declension[edit]
Declension of uisce
Derived terms[edit]
- 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[edit]
- → English: whiskey
Mutation[edit]
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. |
References[edit]
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “Uden-Sk-Yo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “uisce”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “uisce”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “uisce” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “uisce” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 24
Old Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *udenskyos, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr, *udéns.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
uisce m
Inflection[edit]
Masculine io-stem | |||
---|---|---|---|
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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- uiscemlacht f (“wateriness, damp”)
Descendants[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Old Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
uisce | unchanged | n-uisce |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “Uden-Sk-Yo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “uisce”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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- ga:Water
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- sga:Water