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    What is the Gaelic word for water?

    Question #75348. Asked by screef. (Feb 02 07 8:31 AM)


    neon000

    		"Uisce." It is pronounced "ooska."

    Feb 02 07, 9:01 AM
    zbeckabee

    		The Gaelic word for "water of life" is uisge baugh, pronounced "ish'ka'ba'ha". Uisge was modified to "usky", [until it became known as "whisky", though Irish Whiskey is always spelled with an "e".]

    http://www.heaven-hill.com/brands-irishwhiskey.html


    Q-Celtic Uisge - which means water

    http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0310b&L=lowlands-l&F=&S=&P=4259

    Feb 02 07, 12:12 PM

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