fuisce

Irish

Alternative forms

• fuiscí

Etymology

Borrowed from English whiskey, from Irish uisce beatha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɪʃcɪ/

Noun

fuisce m (genitive singular fuisce)

1. whiskey

   Synonyms: beathuisce, uisce beatha

Declension

Declension of fuisce

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative fuisce Vocative a fhuisce Genitive fuisce Dative fuisce

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an fuisce Genitive an fhuisce Dative leis an bhfuisce don fhuisce

Derived terms

• fuisce baile (“moonshine”)
• fuisce braiche (“malt whiskey”)
• fuisce na hAlban (“Scotch whisky”)
• fuisce seagail (“rye (whiskey)”)
• fuisce te (“hot whiskey”)
• fuisciúil (“whiskified”, adjective)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fuisce	fhuisce	bhfuisce
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fuisce”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fuisce”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fuisce”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024