rúisc

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Irish

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Irish *rúiscid (to strip the bark from), from Old Irish rúsc (bark). Compare Scottish Gaelic rùisg.

Verb

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rúisc (present analytic rúisceann, future analytic rúiscfidh, verbal noun rúscadh, past participle rúiscthe)

  1. to poke (stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning), stir up
    Synonym: corraigh suas
    An rúisc tú an ghríosach? — Rúisceas.
    Did you poke the embers? — I did.
  2. to decorticate, shell, strip
    Synonyms: snamh, scillig, scamh
  3. to trounce (beat severely)
    Synonym: gread
Conjugation
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Alternative verbal nouns: rúisceadh, rúisceáil

Alternative forms
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Noun

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rúisc

  1. inflection of rúsc:
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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rúisc f (genitive singular rúisce, nominative plural rúisceanna)

  1. volley, fusillade
  2. discharge (act of firing a projectile)
  3. large object or person
Declension
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Declension of rúisc (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative rúisc rúisceanna
vocative a rúisc a rúisceanna
genitive rúisce rúisceanna
dative rúisc rúisceanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an rúisc na rúisceanna
genitive na rúisce na rúisceanna
dative leis an rúisc
don rúisc
leis na rúisceanna
Derived terms
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Further reading

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References

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  1. ^ rúisc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ rúisc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Old Irish

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Noun

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rúisc

  1. vocative/genitive singular of rúsc

Mutation

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Mutation of rúisc
radical lenition nasalization
rúisc
also rrúisc after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
rúisc
pronounced with /r(ʲ)-/
unchanged

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