beathuisce

Irish

Etymology

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

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
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