uisge
Irish
Declension
Declension of uisge
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| uisge | n-uisge | huisge | t-uisge |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish uisce, from Proto-Celtic *udenskyos, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɯʃkʲə/
Noun
uisge m (genitive singular uisge, plural uisgeachan)
Derived terms
- buabhall uisge (“water buffalo”)
- creagag-uisge (“European perch”)
- dath-uisge (“watercolour”)
- fìor-uisge (“fresh water; spring water”)
- iolair-uisge (“osprey”)
- muileann-uisge (“water mill”)
- uisge-adhair (“rainwater”)
- uisge-beatha (“whisky”)
- uisge-coisrigte (“holy water”)
- uisge-dhìonach (“waterproof”)
- uisge-searbhaig (“acid rain”)
- uisge-stiùireach (“wake (behind boat)”)
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| uisge | n-uisge | h-uisge | t-uisge |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- “uisce” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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