leith uisce

Irish

Alternative forms

• léithuisce

Etymology

Literally, “water fluke”, but there has apparently been conflation with liathuisce (literally “gray-water”).

Noun

leith uisce f (genitive singular leithe uisce, nominative plural leitheanna uisce)

1. liver fluke (parasitic trematode worm), specifically sheep liver fluke
2. butterwort (plant of the genus Pinguicula)

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “liath-uisce”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leith uisce”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “liath uisce”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “leith uisce”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024