uisge-beatha

See also: uisge beatha

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From uisge (“water”) + beatha (“life”) as a calque of Medieval Latin aqua vitae (“water of life”), from Proto-Celtic *udenskyos (“water”) and *biwotos (“life”), from *biwos (“alive”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɯʃkʲəˈpɛhə/

Noun

uisge-beatha m (genitive singular uisge-bheatha, plural uisgeachan-beatha)

  1. whisky

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
uisge-beathan-uisge-beathah-uisge-beathat-uisge-beatha
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Descendants
  • English: whisky, water of life
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