ushtey

Manx

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuʃtʲə/

Noun

ushtey m (genitive singular ushtey, plural ushtaghyn)

1. water

   Chasherickee eh yn ushtey. ― He blessed the water.

   Laa er meshtey, laa er ushtey. ― A day of boozing, a day on water.

Derived terms

• ushtagh (“watery; aquatic”)
• ushtee (“water, irrigate, steep”, verb)
• ushtey aeragh (“aerated water”)
• ushtey bea braghey (“malt whisky”)
• ushtey bea (“whisky, scotch, usquebaugh”)
• ushtey bio (“aqua vitae”)
• ushtey chibbyragh (“well water”)
• ushtey drigit (“distilled water”)
• ushtey eayil (“lime water”)
• ushtey farraneagh (“spring water”)
• ushtey fliaghee (“rainwater”)
• ushtey fo-halloo (“conspiracy”)
• ushtey fyseidagh (“tap water”)
• ushtey giallee (“bleaching water”)
• ushtey jeeigey (“ditch water”)
• ushtey king (“hydrocephalus”)
• ushtey lavander (“lavender water”)
• ushtey meainagh (“table water”)
• ushtey millish (“fresh water”)
• ushtey noa (“spring tide after neap”)
• ushtey potash (“potash water”)
• ushtey reise (“rice water”)
• ushtey rose (“rose water”)
• ushtey rummee (“bilge water”)
• ushtey saagh (“dish water”)
• ushtey sallagh (“foul water”)
• ushtey soda (“soda water”)
• ushtey stangit (“dam”)
• ushtey sulfur (“sulphur water”)
• ushtey thanney (“shallow water”)
• ushtey vea er e vlass (“undiluted whisky”)
• ushtey y yannoo (“let in”)
• ushtey yn chruinney (“hydrosphere”)
• ushteydane (“aquarium”)
• ushtey-feayrit (“water-cooled”)
• ushtey-ghaa (“water colour”)
• ushtey-ghleashaght (“hydrodynamics”)
• ushtey-ghlonney (“water glass”)
• ushtey-hassooagh (“hydrostatic”)
• ushtey-hassooaght (“hydrostatics”)
• ushtey-hooill (“hydroscope”)
• ushtey-hooillagh (“hydroscopic”)
• ushtey-howse (“hydrometry”)
• ushtey-howsheyder (“hydrometer”)
• ushtey-lectragh (“hydroelectric”)
• ushtey-lheihys (“hydrotheraphy, hydropathy”)
• ushtey-lheihyssagh (“hydrotherapeutic, hydropathic”)
• ushtey-obbragh (“hydraulic”)
• ushtey-obbraghys (“hydraulics”)
• ushtey-yiooldagh (“water-repellant”)
• ushtoil (“aqueous”)

 

References

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