uisge
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Irish
[edit]Noun
[edit]uisge m (genitive singular uisge, nominative plural uisgí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of uisge
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | |||
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish uisce, from Proto-Celtic *udenskyos, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]uisge m (genitive singular uisge, plural uisgeachan)
Declension
[edit]Declension of uisge (class IId masculine noun)
Indefinite | ||
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Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | uisge | uisgeachan |
Genitive | uisge | uisgeachan |
Dative | uisge | uisgeachan |
Definite | ||
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | (an) t-uisge | (na) h-uisgeachan |
Genitive | (an) uisge | (nan) uisgeachan |
Dative | (an) uisge | (na) h-uisgeachan |
Vocative | (a) uisge | (a) uisgeachan |
Derived terms
[edit]- buabhall uisge (“water buffalo”)
- coille-uisge (“rain forest”)
- creagag-uisge (“European perch”)
- dath-uisge (“watercolour”)
- fìor-uisge (“fresh water; spring water”)
- gobha-uisge (“dipper (bird)”)
- 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)”)
Descendants
[edit]- → English: whisky
References
[edit]- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “uisge”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “uisce”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
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