uisge

Irish

Noun

uisge m (genitive singular uisge, nominative plural uisgí)

Obsolete spelling of uisce

Declension

Declension of uisge

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	uisge	uisgí
Vocative	a uisge	a uisgí
Genitive	uisge	uisgí
Dative	uisge	uisgí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-uisge	na huisgí
Genitive	an uisge	na n-uisgí
Dative	leis an uisge don uisge	leis na huisgí

Mutation

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish uisce, from Proto-Celtic *udenskyos, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɯʃkʲə/

Noun

uisge m (genitive singular uisge, plural uisgeachan)

water
rain, shower
Tha an t-uisge ann. ― It is raining.
river, stream
Synonyms: abhainn, sruth
(rare) wave

Declension

Declension of uisge (class IId masculine noun)

Indefinite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	uisge	uisgeachan
Genitive	uisge	uisgeachan
Dative	uisge	uisgeachan
Definite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	(an) t-uisge	(na) h-uisgeachan
Genitive	(an) uisge	(nan) uisgeachan
Dative	(an) uisge	(na) h-uisgeachan
Vocative	(a) uisge	(a) uisgeachan

Derived terms

buabhall uisge (“water buffalo”)
coille-uisge (“rain forest”)
creagag-uisge (“European perch”)
dath-uisge (“watercolour”)
fìor-uisge (“fresh water; spring water”)
gobha-uisge (“dipper (bird)”)
iolair-uisge (“osprey”)
muileann-uisge (“water mill”)
uisge-adhair (“rainwater”)
uisge-beatha (“whisky”)
uisge-coisrigte (“holy water”)
uisge-dhìonach (“waterproof”)
uisge-searbhaig (“acid rain”)
uisge-stiùireach (“wake (behind boat)”)

Descendants

→ English: whisky

References

Edward Dwelly (1911) “uisge”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “uisce”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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