uiscí
Irish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Irish uiscide (“like water, watery, aqueous”, adjective). By surface analysis, uisce (“water”) + -í (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]uiscí
Alternative forms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- bruthuiscí (“aqueo-igneous”, adjective)
- lionn uiscí<t:aqueous humour>
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
[edit]uiscí m pl
Etymology 3
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
[edit]uiscí
- inflection of uisceach:
Mutation
[edit]| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| uiscí | n-uiscí | huiscí | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uiscí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “uiscide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “uiscí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024