uisce

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish uisce,[1] from Proto-Celtic *udenskyos, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥, *udéns.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɪʃcɪ/[3][4]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

uisce m (genitive singular uisce, nominative plural uiscí)

  1. water
    Synonym: dobhar
    • 2015 [2014], Will Collins, translated by Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird, edited by Maura McHugh, Amhrán na Mara (fiction; paperback), Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Howth, Dublin: Cartoon Saloon; Coiscéim, translation of Song of the Sea (in English), →ISBN, page 2:
      Tá rónta ag bogadaíl ar bharr an uisce.
      [original: Seals bob up and down in the water.]

Declension
Declension of uisce

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative uisce uiscí
Vocative a uisce a uiscí
Genitive uisce uiscí
Dative uisce uiscí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-uisce na huiscí
Genitive an uisce na n-uiscí
Dative leis an uisce

don uisce

 leis na huiscí

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → English: whiskey

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
uisce n-uisce huisce t-uisce
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “uisce”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*uden-sk-yo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 395
  3. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 24
  4. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 102

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uisce”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “uisce” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “uisce” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *udenskyos, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr, *udéns.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈusʲkʲe]

Noun

uisce m

  1. water
    Synonym: dobur

Inflection
Masculine io-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative uisce uisceL uisciL
Vocative uisci uisceL uisciu
Accusative uisceN uisceL uisciuH
Genitive uisciL uisceL uisceN
Dative uisciuL uiscib uiscib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms
  • bodar-uisce m (literally “deaf water”)
  • fíruisce m (“spring-water”)
  • uisce bruithe m (“broth”)
  • uisce coisrectha m (“holy water”)
  • uisce comnaidi m (“stagnant water”)
  • uisce eorna m (“barley water”)
  • uisce ernaigde m (“holy water”)
  • uisce ferthana m (“rain water”)
  • uisce imill m (literally “water of the edge”)
  • uisce innalta m (“water for washing”)
  • uisce innlaid m (“water for washing”)
  • uisce lám m (“hand-washing water”)
  • uisce mela m (“honey water”)
  • uisce móna m (“bog water”)
  • uisce nádúrtha m (“plain water”)
  • uisce oiffrind m (“water for mass”)
  • uisce óil m (“drinking water”)
  • uisce retha m (“running water”)
  • uisce rosa m (“rose water”)
  • uisce saillte m (“salt water”)
  • uisce tibrat m (“well water”)
  • uisceán m (“pool”)
  • uiscech (“watery”, adjective)
  • uisce-lestar (“water-pot”)
  • uiscemail (“watery; damp”, adjective)
  • uiscemlacht f (“wateriness, damp”)
  • uiscide (“watery, aqueous”, adjective)

Descendants

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
uisce unchanged n-uisce
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*uden-sk-yo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 395

Further reading
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