fìor-uisge

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish fíruisce (literally “true water”). Cognate with Irish fíoruisce.

Noun

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fìor-uisge m (genitive singular fìor-uisge, plural fìor-uisgeachan)

  1. fresh water
  2. springwater

Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
fìor-uisge fhìor-uisge
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “fìor-uisge”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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