ushtey

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish uisce, from Proto-Celtic *udenskyos, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuʃtʲə/

Noun

ushtey m (genitive singular ushtey, plural ushtaghyn)

1. water

Derived terms

• ushtagh (“watery; aquatic”)
• ushtee (“water, irrigate, steep”, verb)
• ushtoil (“aqueous”)

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “uisce”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language