uisge-beatha
See also: uisge beatha
Scottish Gaelic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From uisge (“water”) + beatha (“life”) as a calque of Medieval Latin aqua vitae (“water of life”), from Proto-Celtic *udenskyos (“water”) and *biwotos (“life”), from *biwos (“alive”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
uisge-beatha m (genitive singular uisge-bheatha, plural uisgeachan-beatha)
Mutation edit
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| uisge-beatha | n-uisge-beatha | h-uisge-beatha | t-uisge-beatha |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Descendants edit
- English: whisky, water of life