uiscí

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish uiscide (“like water, watery, aqueous”, adjective). By surface analysis, uisce (“water”) +‎ -í.

Adjective

uiscí

1. (chemistry) aqueous

Alternative forms

• uiscidhe (superseded)

Derived terms

• bruthuiscí (“aqueo-igneous”, adjective)
• lionn uiscí (“aqueous humour”)

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

uiscí m pl

1. plural of uisce

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

uiscí

1. inflection of uisceach:
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. comparative degree

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uiscí	n-uiscí	huiscí	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uiscí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “uiscide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “uiscí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024