uisce beatha

Irish

Etymology

From uisce (“water”) + beatha (“life”), a calque of Latin aqua vītae (“water of life”). Compare Scottish Gaelic uisge beatha.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɪʃcɪ ˈbʲahə/

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Noun

uisce beatha m (genitive singular uisce bheatha)

whiskey
Synonyms: beathuisce, fuisce

Derived terms

uisce beatha Albanach (“Scotch whisky”)
uisce beatha braiche (“malt whiskey”)
uisce beatha seagail (“rye whiskey”)
uisce beatha te (“hot whiskey”)

Descendants

English: whiskey, water of life
→ Yola: usquebaugh, usbaugh

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

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uisce”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “uisce beatha”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“uisce beatha”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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