uisceach

Irish

Etymology

From uisce +‎ -ach.

Adjective

uisceach (genitive singular masculine uiscigh, genitive singular feminine uiscí, plural uisceacha, comparative uiscí)

1. Alternative form of uisciúil
2. aquatic

   Synonym: (genitive as adjective) uisce

Conjugation

Declension of uisceach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	uisceach	uisceach	uisceacha
vocative	uiscigh		uisceacha
genitive		uiscí	uisceacha	uisceach
dative	uisceach	uisceach; uiscigh (archaic)	uisceacha
Comparative	níos uiscí
Superlative	is uiscí

Mutation

Mutated forms of uisceach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uisceach	n-uisceach	huisceach	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

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