beathuisce
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From beath- (“vital”) + uisce (“water”), a calque of Medieval Latin aqua vitae (“water of life”).
Noun edit
beathuisce m (genitive singular beathuisce)
- whiskey
- Synonyms: fuisce, uisce beatha
Declension edit
Declension of beathuisce
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
beathuisce | bheathuisce | mbeathuisce |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beathuisce”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “beathuisce” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.