fíoruisce

Irish

Alternative forms

• fíor-uisce, fír-uisce (superseded)
• fíoruisge, fíor-uisge, fír-uisge (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish fíruisce (literally “true water”). By surface analysis, fíor- +‎ uisce. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic fìor-uisge.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲiːɾʲˌɪʃcɪ/ (corresponding to the form fír-uisce)

Noun

fíoruisce m (genitive singular fíoruisce)

1. fresh water
2. springwater

Declension

Declension of fíoruisce

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative fíoruisce Vocative a fhíoruisce Genitive fíoruisce Dative fíoruisce

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an fíoruisce Genitive an fhíoruisce Dative leis an bhfíoruisce don fhíoruisce

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fíoruisce	fhíoruisce	bhfíoruisce
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 fír”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fíor-uisce”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 317
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fíoruisce”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN