uisge
Irish
Noun
uisge m (genitive singular uisge, nominative plural uisgí)
- Obsolete spelling of uisce
Declension
Declension of uisge
Fourth declension
Bare forms
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Mutation
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
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)
- water
- rain, shower
- Tha an t-uisge ann. ― It is raining.
- river, stream
- Synonyms: abhainn, sruth
- (rare) wave
Derived terms
- 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)”)
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “uisge”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “uisce”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language