fuisce

Irish

Alternative forms

• fuiscí

Etymology

Borrowed from English whiskey, from Irish uisce beatha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɪʃcɪ/

Noun

fuisce m (genitive singular fuisce)

1. whiskey

   Synonyms: beathuisce, uisce beatha

Declension

Declension of fuisce (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative fuisce vocative a fhuisce genitive fuisce dative fuisce forms with the definite article case singular nominative an fuisce genitive an fhuisce dative leis an bhfuisce don fhuisce

Derived terms

• fuisce baile (“moonshine”)
• fuisce braiche (“malt whiskey”)
• fuisce na hAlban (“Scotch whisky”)
• fuisce seagail (“rye (whiskey)”)
• fuisce te (“hot whiskey”)
• fuisciúil (“whiskified”, adjective)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of fuisce

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fuisce	fhuisce	bhfuisce

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fuisce”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fuisce”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fuisce”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024