uisce beatha - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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From uisce (“water”) + beatha (“life”), a calque of Medieval Latin aqua vītae (“water of life”). Compare Scottish Gaelic uisge beatha.
uisce beatha m (genitive singular uisce bheatha)
- whiskey
- Synonyms: beathuisce, fuisce
- uisce beatha Albanach (“Scotch whisky”)
- uisce beatha braiche (“malt whiskey”)
- uisce beatha seagail (“rye whiskey”)
- uisce beatha te (“hot whiskey”)
- → English: usquebaugh, whiskey, water of life
- → Yola: usquebaugh, usbaugh
| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| uisce beatha | n-uisce beatha | huisce beatha | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uisce”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “uisce beatha”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “uisce beatha”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025