Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Irish rúsc (compare Scottish Gaelic rùsg, Manx roost), from Proto-Celtic *ruskos (compare Welsh rhisgl).

Noun edit

rúsc m (genitive singular rúisc, nominative plural rúisc)

  1. bark (of a tree)
  2. vessel made of bark
Declension edit
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

rúsc (present analytic rúscann, future analytic rúscfaidh, verbal noun rúscadh, past participle rúscthe)

  1. Alternative form of rúisc (poke; decorticate; trounce)
Conjugation edit

Further reading edit

Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Celtic *ruskos (compare Welsh rhisgl).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

rúsc m (genitive rúisc, no plural)

  1. bark (of a tree)
  2. basket
  3. covering

Inflection edit

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative rúsc
Vocative rúisc
Accusative rúscN
Genitive rúiscL
Dative rúscL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants edit

  • Irish: rúsc
  • Manx: roost
  • Scottish Gaelic: rùsg
  • Middle Irish: *rúiscid

Mutation edit

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

Further reading edit