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)

water
Chasherickee eh yn ushtey. ― He blessed the water.

Laa er meshtey, laa er ushtey. ― A day of boozing, a day on water.

Derived terms

Terms derived from ushtey

ushtagh (“watery; aquatic”)
ushtee (“water, irrigate, steep”, verb)
ushtey aeragh (“aerated water”)
ushtey bea (“whisky, scotch, usquebaugh”)
ushtey bea braghey (“malt whisky”)
ushtey bio (“aqua vitae”)
ushtey chibbyragh (“well water”)
ushteydane (“aquarium”)
ushtey drigit (“distilled water”)
ushtey eayil (“lime water”)
ushtey farraneagh (“spring water”)
ushtey-feayrit (“water-cooled”)
ushtey fliaghee (“rainwater”)
ushtey fo-halloo (“conspiracy”)
ushtey fyseidagh (“tap water”)
ushtey-ghaa (“water colour”)
ushtey-ghleashaght (“hydrodynamics”)

ushtey-ghlonney (“water glass”)
ushtey giallee (“bleaching water”)
ushtey-hassooagh (“hydrostatic”)
ushtey-hassooaght (“hydrostatics”)
ushtey-hooill (“hydroscope”)
ushtey-hooillagh (“hydroscopic”)
ushtey-howse (“hydrometry”)
ushtey-howsheyder (“hydrometer”)
ushtey jeeigey (“ditch water”)
ushtey king (“hydrocephalus”)
ushtey lavander (“lavender water”)
ushtey-lectragh (“hydroelectric”)
ushtey-lheihys (“hydrotheraphy, hydropathy”)
ushtey-lheihyssagh (“hydrotherapeutic, hydropathic”)
ushtey meainagh (“table water”)
ushtey millish (“fresh water”)
ushtey noa (“spring tide after neap”)

ushtey-obbragh (“hydraulic”)
ushtey-obbraghys (“hydraulics”)
ushtey potash (“potash water”)
ushtey reise (“rice water”)
ushtey rose (“rose water”)
ushtey rummee (“bilge water”)
ushtey saagh (“dish water”)
ushtey sallagh (“foul water”)
ushtey soda (“soda water”)
ushtey stangit (“dam”)
ushtey sulfur (“sulphur water”)
ushtey thanney (“shallow water”)
ushtey vea er e vlass (“undiluted whisky”)
ushtey-yiooldagh (“water-repellant”)
ushtey yn chruinney (“hydrosphere”)
ushtey y yannoo (“let in”)
ushtoil (“aqueous”)

References

“uisce” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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