uisge

== Irish == === Noun === uisge m (genitive singular uisge, nominative plural uisgí) obsolete spelling of uisce ==== Declension ==== === Mutation === == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Old Irish uisce, from Proto-Celtic *udenskyos, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɯʃkʲə/ (Lewis) IPA(key): /ɯʃkʲ/ (Ness) IPA(key): [iʃkʲ] (Bernera) IPA(key): [ɯʃkʲ] (Lochs) IPA(key): [ɨʃkʲ] (Jura, Gigha) IPA(key): /ˈɯʃtʲə/ === Noun === uisge m (genitive singular uisge, plural uisgeachan) water rain, shower Tha an t-uisge ann. ― It is raining. river, stream Synonyms: abhainn, sruth (rare) wave ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: whisky === Mutation === === References === Edward Dwelly (1911), “uisge”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “uisce”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language