fuisce

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English whiskey, from Irish uisce beatha.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfˠɪʃcɪ/

Noun

fuisce m (genitive singular fuisce)

  1. whiskey
    Synonyms: beathuisce, uisce beatha

Declension

Declension of fuisce (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative fuisce
vocative a fhuisce
genitive fuisce
dative fuisce
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an fuisce
genitive an fhuisce
dative leis an bhfuisce
don fhuisce

Derived terms

  • fuisce baile (“moonshine”)
  • fuisce braiche (“malt whiskey”)
  • fuisce na hAlban (“Scotch whisky”)
  • fuisce seagail (“rye (whiskey)”)
  • fuisce te (“hot whiskey”)
  • fuisciúil (“whiskified”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of fuisce
radical lenition eclipsis
fuisce fhuisce bhfuisce

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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