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rúsc

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish rúsc (compare Scottish Gaelic rùsg, Manx roost), from Proto-Celtic *rūskos (compare Welsh rhisgl).

Noun

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rúsc m (genitive singular rúisc, nominative plural rúisc)

  1. bark (of a tree)
  2. vessel made of bark
Declension
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Declension of rúsc (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative rúsc rúisc
vocative a rúisc a rúsca
genitive rúisc rúsc
dative rúsc rúisc
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an rúsc na rúisc
genitive an rúisc na rúsc
dative leis an rúsc
don rúsc
leis na rúisc
Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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rúsc (present analytic rúscann, future analytic rúscfaidh, verbal noun rúscadh, past participle rúscthe)

  1. Alternative form of rúisc (poke; decorticate; trounce)
Conjugation
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Further reading

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *rūskos (compare Welsh rhisgl).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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rúsc m (genitive rúisc, no plural)

  1. bark (of a tree)
  2. basket
  3. covering

Inflection

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Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative rúsc
Vocative rúisc
Accusative rúscN
Genitive rúiscL
Dative rúscL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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  • Irish: rúsc
  • Manx: roost
  • Scottish Gaelic: rùsg
  • Middle Irish: *rúiscid

Mutation

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Mutation of rúsc
radical lenition nasalization
rúsc
also rrúsc after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
rúsc
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.

Further reading

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