uiscí
Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish uiscide (“like water, watery, aqueous”, adjective). By surface analysis, uisce (“water”) + -í.
Alternative forms
- uiscidhe (superseded)
Derived terms
- bruthuiscí (“aqueo-igneous”, adjective)
- lionn uiscí (“aqueous humour”)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| uiscí | n-uiscí | huiscí | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uiscí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “uiscide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “uiscí” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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