ushtey

Manx

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈuʃtʲə/

Noun

ushtey m (genitive singular ushtey, plural ushtaghyn)

  1. water
    Chasherickee eh yn ushtey. ― He blessed the water.
    Laa er meshtey, laa er ushtey. ― A day of boozing, a day on water.

Derived terms
  • ushtagh (“watery; aquatic”)
  • ushtee (“water, irrigate, steep”, verb)
  • ushtey aeragh (“aerated water”)
  • ushtey bea (“whisky, scotch, usquebaugh”)
  • ushtey bea braghey (“malt whisky”)
  • ushtey bio (“aqua vitae”)
  • ushtey chibbyragh (“well water”)
  • ushteydane (“aquarium”)
  • ushtey drigit (“distilled water”)
  • ushtey eayil (“lime water”)
  • ushtey farraneagh (“spring water”)
  • ushtey-feayrit (“water-cooled”)
  • ushtey fliaghee (“rainwater”)
  • ushtey fo-halloo (“conspiracy”)
  • ushtey fyseidagh (“tap water”)
  • ushtey-ghaa (“water colour”)
  • ushtey-ghleashaght (“hydrodynamics”)
  • ushtey-ghlonney (“water glass”)
  • ushtey giallee (“bleaching water”)
  • ushtey-hassooagh (“hydrostatic”)
  • ushtey-hassooaght (“hydrostatics”)
  • ushtey-hooill (“hydroscope”)
  • ushtey-hooillagh (“hydroscopic”)
  • ushtey-howse (“hydrometry”)
  • ushtey-howsheyder (“hydrometer”)
  • ushtey jeeigey (“ditch water”)
  • ushtey king (“hydrocephalus”)
  • ushtey lavander (“lavender water”)
  • ushtey-lectragh (“hydroelectric”)
  • ushtey-lheihys (“hydrotheraphy, hydropathy”)
  • ushtey-lheihyssagh (“hydrotherapeutic, hydropathic”)
  • ushtey meainagh (“table water”)
  • ushtey millish (“fresh water”)
  • ushtey noa (“spring tide after neap”)
  • ushtey-obbragh (“hydraulic”)
  • ushtey-obbraghys (“hydraulics”)
  • ushtey potash (“potash water”)
  • ushtey reise (“rice water”)
  • ushtey rose (“rose water”)
  • ushtey rummee (“bilge water”)
  • ushtey saagh (“dish water”)
  • ushtey sallagh (“foul water”)
  • ushtey soda (“soda water”)
  • ushtey stangit (“dam”)
  • ushtey sulfur (“sulphur water”)
  • ushtey thanney (“shallow water”)
  • ushtey vea er e vlass (“undiluted whisky”)
  • ushtey-yiooldagh (“water-repellant”)
  • ushtey yn chruinney (“hydrosphere”)
  • ushtey y yannoo (“let in”)
  • ushtoil (“aqueous”)

References
  • “uisce” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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