uisce

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish uisce, from Proto-Celtic *udenskyos, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪʃcɪ/, [ˈɪʃk̟ɪ]

Noun

uisce m (genitive singular uisce, nominative plural uiscí)

  1. water
    Synonym: dobhar
    • 2015, Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird, transl., Maura McHugh, editor, Amhrán na Mara (fiction), Cartoon Saloon; Coiscéim, translation of Song of the Sea by Will Collins, →ISBN:
      Tá rónta ag bogadaíl ar bharr an uisce.
      Seals bob up and down in the water.

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith 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.

Further reading


Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *udenskyos, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈusʲkʲe/

Noun

uisce m

  1. water
    Synonym: dobur

Inflection

Masculine io-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

  • bodar-uisce m (literally deaf water)
  • fíruisce m (spring-water)
  • uisceán m (pool)
  • uisce bruithe m (broth)
  • uiscech (pertaining to water, watery, adjective)
  • uisce coisrectha m (holy water)
  • uisce comnaidi m (stagnant water)
  • uisce eorna m (barley water)
  • uisce ernaigde m (water of prayer, holy water)
  • uisce ferthana m (rain water)
  • uisce imill m (literally water of the edge)
  • uisce innalta m, uisce innlaid m (water for washing)
  • uisce lám m (water in which the hands are washed)
  • uisce-lestar (water-pot)
  • uiscemail (watery; damp, adjective)
  • 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)
  • uiscide (like water, watery, aqueous, adjective)
  • uiscemlacht f (wateriness, damp)

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
uisce unchanged n-uisce
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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