fíoruisce
Irish
Alternative forms
- fíor-uisce, fír-uisce (superseded)
- fíoruisge, fíor-uisge, fír-uisge (obsolete)[1]
Etymology
From Middle Irish fíruisce (literally “true water”). By surface analysis, fíor- + uisce. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic fìor-uisge.
Declension
Declension of fíoruisce
Fourth declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fíoruisce | fhíoruisce | bhfíoruisce |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “fíoruisce”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 101
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 fír”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fíor-uisce”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 317
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fíoruisce”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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