"uisce beatha" meaning in Irish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɪʃcɪ ˈbʲahə/ Forms: uisce bheatha [genitive, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], uisce beatha [mutation, mutation-radical], n-uisce beatha [eclipsis, mutation], huisce beatha [mutation, prothesis-h], - [mutation, prothesis-t]
Etymology: From uisce (“water”) + beatha (“life”), a calque of Latin aqua vītae (“water of life”). Compare Scottish Gaelic uisge beatha. Etymology templates: {{m|ga|uisce||water}} uisce (“water”), {{m|ga|beatha||life}} beatha (“life”), {{calque|ga|la|aqua vītae||water of life|nocap=1}} calque of Latin aqua vītae (“water of life”), {{cog|gd|uisge beatha}} Scottish Gaelic uisge beatha Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|uisce bheatha||||||||-|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} uisce beatha m (genitive singular uisce bheatha), {{ga-noun|m|uisce bheatha|-}} uisce beatha m (genitive singular uisce bheatha) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}}
  1. whiskey Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Distilled beverages Synonyms: beathuisce, fuisce Derived forms: uisce beatha Albanach (english: Scotch whisky), uisce beatha braiche (english: malt whiskey), uisce beatha seagail (english: rye whiskey), uisce beatha te (english: hot whiskey)
    Sense id: en-uisce_beatha-ga-noun-xgqsT85o Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Irish entries with topic categories using raw markup

Download JSON data for uisce beatha meaning in Irish (3.5kB)

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        }
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      "text": "→ Yola: usquebaugh, usbaugh"
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      "tags": [
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      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "mutation",
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      "source": "mutation",
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      "form": "n-uisce beatha",
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      "form": "huisce beatha",
      "source": "mutation",
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          "english": "Scotch whisky",
          "word": "uisce beatha Albanach"
        },
        {
          "english": "malt whiskey",
          "word": "uisce beatha braiche"
        },
        {
          "english": "rye whiskey",
          "word": "uisce beatha seagail"
        },
        {
          "english": "hot whiskey",
          "word": "uisce beatha te"
        }
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        {
          "word": "beathuisce"
        },
        {
          "word": "fuisce"
        }
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɪʃcɪ ˈbʲahə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "uisce beatha"
}
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      "english": "Scotch whisky",
      "word": "uisce beatha Albanach"
    },
    {
      "english": "malt whiskey",
      "word": "uisce beatha braiche"
    },
    {
      "english": "rye whiskey",
      "word": "uisce beatha seagail"
    },
    {
      "english": "hot whiskey",
      "word": "uisce beatha te"
    }
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Yola: usquebaugh, usbaugh"
    }
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        "3": "",
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      },
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    }
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    {
      "form": "uisce bheatha",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "form": "uisce beatha",
      "source": "mutation",
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    },
    {
      "form": "n-uisce beatha",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "huisce beatha",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "prothesis-h"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "mutation",
        "prothesis-t"
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    },
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  "lang_code": "ga",
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          "word": "beathuisce"
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          "word": "fuisce"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɪʃcɪ ˈbʲahə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "uisce beatha"
}

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