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uisge-beatha

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Scottish Gaelic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    From uisge (water) + beatha (life) as a calque of Medieval Latin aqua vitae (water of life), from Proto-Celtic *udenskyos (water) and *biwotos (life), from *biwos (alive).

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈɯʃkʲəˈpɛhə/
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    Noun

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    uisge-beatha m (genitive singular uisge-bheatha, plural uisgeachan-beatha)

    1. whisky

    Mutation

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    Mutation of uisge-beatha
    radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
    uisge-beatha n-uisge-beatha h-uisge-beatha t-uisge-beatha

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

    Descendants

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    • English: usquebaugh, water of life, whisky