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Proto-Indo-European *wed-
Irish uisce
From Old Irish uisce,[1] from Proto-Celtic *udenskyos, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥, *udéns.[2]
uisce m (genitive singular uisce, nominative plural uiscí)
- 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.]
- aimsitheoir uisce
- buabhall uisce
- clóiséad uisce
- eireaball capaill uisce
- fíoruisce
- Iompróir an Uisce
- leith uisce
- leithreas uisce
- madra uisce
- mealbhacán uisce
- píbín uisce
- poc uisce
- póló uisce
- príomhphíobán uisce
- scuab eich uisce
- seaicéad uisce
- timthriall an uisce
- túr uisce
- uisce beatha
- uisce crua
- uisce sinséir
- uisce-obach
- uiscechlár
- uiscedhíonach
- uisceshaothrú
- uiscigh
- → English: whiskey
| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| uisce | n-uisce | huisce | t-uisce |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “uisce”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*uden-sk-yo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 395
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 143
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 286, page 102
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 46, page 24
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uisce”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “uisce”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “uisce”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025
Proto-Indo-European *wed-
Old Irish uisce
From Proto-Celtic *udenskyos, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr, *udéns.[1]
uisce m
| 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
- 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)
- Irish: uisce, uisge (obsolete)
- → English: whiskey
- Manx: ushtey
- Scottish Gaelic: uisge
- → English: whisky
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| uisce (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | n-uisce |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*uden-sk-yo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 395
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “uisce”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language