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• fíor-uisce, fír-uisce (superseded)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, no plural)

bare forms 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

Mutated forms of fíoruisce

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fíoruisce	fhíoruisce	bhfíoruisce

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

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