Irish

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Irish *rúiscid (to strip the bark from), from Old Irish rúsc (bark). Compare Scottish Gaelic rùisg.

Verb

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rúisc (present analytic rúisceann, future analytic rúiscfidh, verbal noun rúscadh, past participle rúiscthe)

  1. to poke (stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning), stir up
    Synonym: corraigh suas
    An rúisc tú an ghríosach? — Rúisceas.
    Did you poke the embers? — I did.
  2. to decorticate, shell, strip
    Synonyms: snamh, scillig, scamh
  3. to trounce (beat severely)
    Synonym: gread
Conjugation
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Alternative verbal nouns: rúisceadh, rúisceáil

Alternative forms
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Noun

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rúisc

  1. inflection of rúsc:
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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rúisc f (genitive singular rúisce, nominative plural rúisceanna)

  1. volley, fusillade
  2. discharge (act of firing a projectile)
  3. large object or person
Declension
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Derived terms
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Further reading

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References

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  1. ^ rúisc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ rúisc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Old Irish

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Noun

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rúisc

  1. vocative/genitive singular of rúsc

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
rúisc
also rrúisc after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
rúisc
pronounced with /r(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.