uisce

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *wed-
    Proto-Indo-European *-r̥
    Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥der.
    Proto-Celtic *udenskyos
    Old Irish uisce
    Irish uisce

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

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈiʃcə/[3][4], [ˈiʃcɪ][5]
    • 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
    singular plural
    nominative uisce uiscí
    vocative a uisce a uiscí
    genitive uisce uiscí
    dative uisce uiscí
    forms with the definite article
    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

    Mutated forms of uisce
    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.

    References

    1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 143
    4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 286, page 102
    5. ^ 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

    Further reading

    • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “uisce”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1295; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
    • 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

    Old Irish

    Etymology

      Etymology tree
      Proto-Indo-European *wed-
      Proto-Indo-European *-r̥
      Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥der.
      Proto-Celtic *udenskyos
      Old Irish uisce

      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

      Mutation of uisce
      radical lenition nasalization
      uisce
      (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)      		 uisce n-uisce

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

      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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