# uisce
## Irish
### Alternative forms

* uisge (obsolete)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈiʃcə/, [ˈiʃcɪ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

uisce m (genitive singular uisce, nominative plural uiscí)
* water
    Synonym: dobhar
** 2015 [2014], Will Collins, translated by Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird, edited by Maura McHugh, Amhrán na Mara (fiction; paperback), Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Howth, Dublin: Cartoon Saloon; Coiscéim, translation of Song of the Sea (in English), →ISBN, page 2:Tá rónta ag bogadaíl ar bharr an uisce.[original: Seals bob up and down in the water.]

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
uisce
uiscí
vocative
a uisce
a uiscí
genitive
uisce
uiscí
dative
uisce
uiscí
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an t-uisce
na huiscí
genitive
an uisce
na n-uiscí
dative
leis an uisce don uisce
leis na huiscí :

#### Derived terms

* aimsitheoir uisce
* buabhall uisce
* clóiséad uisce
* eireaball capaill uisce
* fíoruisce
* Iompróir an Uisce
* leith uisce
* leithreas uisce
* madra uisce
* mealbhacán uisce
* píbín uisce
* poc uisce
* póló uisce
* príomhphíobán uisce
* scuab eich uisce
* seaicéad uisce
* timthriall an uisce
* túr uisce
* uisce beatha
* uisce crua
* uisce sinséir
* uisce-obach
* uiscechlár
* uiscedhíonach
* uisceshaothrú
* uiscigh

#### Descendants

* → English: whiskey

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “uisce”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*uden-sk-yo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 395
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 143
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 286, page 102
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 46, page 24

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uisce”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “uisce”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “uisce”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Old Irish
### Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *udenskyos, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr, *udéns.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈusʲkʲe]

### Noun

uisce m
* water
    Synonym: dobur

#### Inflection

Masculine io-stem :
| | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Nominative | uisce | uisce$^L$ | uisci$^L$ |
| Vocative | uisci | uisce$^L$ | uisciu |
| Accusative | uisce$^N$ | uisce$^L$ | uisciu$^H$ |
| Genitive | uisci$^L$ | uisce$^L$ | uisce$^N$ |
| Dative | uisciu$^L$ | uiscib | uiscib |
| Initial mutations of a following adjective: $^H$ = triggers aspiration $^L$ = triggers lenition $^N$ = triggers nasalization ||||

#### Derived terms

* bodar-uisce m (literally “deaf water”)
* fíruisce m (“spring-water”)
* uisce bruithe m (“broth”)
* uisce coisrectha m (“holy water”)
* uisce comnaidi m (“stagnant water”)
* uisce eorna m (“barley water”)
* uisce ernaigde m (“holy water”)
* uisce ferthana m (“rain water”)
* uisce imill m (literally “water of the edge”)
* uisce innalta m (“water for washing”)
* uisce innlaid m (“water for washing”)
* uisce lám m (“hand-washing water”)
* uisce mela m (“honey water”)
* uisce móna m (“bog water”)
* uisce nádúrtha m (“plain water”)
* uisce oiffrind m (“water for mass”)
* uisce óil m (“drinking water”)
* uisce retha m (“running water”)
* uisce rosa m (“rose water”)
* uisce saillte m (“salt water”)
* uisce tibrat m (“well water”)
* uisceán m (“pool”)
* uiscech (“watery”, adjective)
* uisce-lestar (“water-pot”)
* uiscemail (“watery; damp”, adjective)
* uiscemlacht f (“wateriness, damp”)
* uiscide (“watery, aqueous”, adjective)

#### Descendants

* Irish: uisce, uisge (obsolete)
** → English: whiskey
* Manx: ushtey
* Scottish Gaelic: uisge
** → English: whisky

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*uden-sk-yo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 395

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “uisce”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language