fíoruisce

Irish

Alternative forms

  • fíor-uisce, fír-uisce (superseded)
  • fíoruisge, fíor-uisge, fír-uisge (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish fíruisce (literally true water). By surface analysis, fíor- + uisce. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic fìor-uisge.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfʲiːɾʲˌɪʃcɪ/[2] (corresponding to the form fír-uisce)

Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. fresh water
  2. springwater

Declension

Mutation

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

References

  1. fíoruisce”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 101

Further reading

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