uisceach

Irish

Etymology

From uisce +‎ -ach.

Adjective

uisceach (genitive singular masculine uiscigh, genitive singular feminine uiscí, plural uisceacha, comparative uiscí)

  1. alternative form of uisciúil
  2. aquatic
    Synonym: (genitive as adjective) uisce

Conjugation

Declension of uisceach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative uisceach uisceach uisceacha
vocative uiscigh uisceacha
genitive uiscí uisceacha uisceach
dative uisceach uisceach;
uiscigh (archaic) 		uisceacha
Comparative níos uiscí
Superlative is uiscí

Mutation

Mutated forms of uisceach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uisceach n-uisceach huisceach not applicable

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uisceach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “uisceach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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