uisce beatha

Irish

Etymology

From uisce (“water”) + beatha (“life”), in origin a calque of Latin aqua vitae.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈiʃkʲə ˈbʲahə]

Noun

uisce beatha m (genitive singular uisce bheatha)

whiskey
Synonyms: beathuisce, fuisce

Derived terms

uisce beatha Albanach (“Scotch whisky”)
uisce beatha braiche (“malt whiskey”)
uisce beatha seagail (“rye whiskey”)
uisce beatha te (“hot whiskey”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uisce beatha	n-uisce beatha	huisce beatha	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

"uisce" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Entries containing “uisce beatha” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “uisce beatha” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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