uisce beatha

Irish

Etymology

From uisce (“water”) + beatha (“life”), in origin a calque of Latin aqua vitae.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈiʃkʲə ˈbʲahə]

Noun

uisce beatha m (genitive singular uisce bheatha)

whiskey
Synonyms: beathuisce, fuisce

Derived terms

Derived terms

uisce beatha Albanach (“Scotch whisky”)

uisce beatha braiche (“malt whiskey”)

uisce beatha seagail (“rye whiskey”)

uisce beatha te (“hot whiskey”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uisce beatha	n-uisce beatha	huisce beatha	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

"uisce" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Entries containing “uisce beatha” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “uisce beatha” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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