fìor-uisge

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. fresh water
2. springwater

Mutation

Mutation of fìor-uisge

radical	lenition
fìor-uisge	fhìor-uisge

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

Further reading

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