uisge-beatha

See also: uisge beatha

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• uisge beatha

Etymology

From uisge (“water”) + beatha (“life”) as a calque of Medieval Latin aqua vitae (“water of life”), from Proto-Celtic *udenskyos (“water”) and *biwotos (“life”), from *biwos (“alive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɯʃkʲəˈpɛhə/

Noun

uisge-beatha m (genitive singular uisge-bheatha, plural uisgeachan-beatha)

1. whisky

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uisge-beatha	n-uisge-beatha	h-uisge-beatha	t-uisge-beatha
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Descendants

• English: whisky, water of life