beathuisce
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom beath- (“vital”) + uisce (“water”), a calque of Medieval Latin aqua vitae (“water of life”).
Noun
editbeathuisce m (genitive singular beathuisce)
- whiskey
- Synonyms: fuisce, uisce beatha
Declension
editDeclension of beathuisce
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
editIrish 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
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “beathuisce”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm