rúsc

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɾˠuːsˠk/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish rúsc (compare Scottish Gaelic rùsg, Manx roost), from Proto-Celtic *rūskos (compare Welsh rhisgl). Examine similarities with Hebrew: רֹאשׁ (rusch).

Noun

rúsc m (genitive singular rúisc, nominative plural rúisc)

  1. bark (of a tree)
  2. vessel made of bark
Declension
Synonyms

Verb

rúsc (present analytic rúscann, future analytic rúscfaidh, verbal noun rúscadh, past participle rúscthe)

  1. Alternative form of rúisc (bark, strip, shell; poke, stir, shake; beat, pelt, trounce)
Conjugation

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *rūsklo- (compare Welsh rhisgl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ruːsk/

Noun

rúsc m (genitive rúisc, no plural)

  1. bark (of a tree)
  2. basket
  3. covering

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative rúsc rúscL rúiscL
Vocative rúisc rúscL rúscuH
Accusative rúscN rúscL rúscuH
Genitive rúiscL rúsc rúscN
Dative rúscL rúscaib rúscaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: rúsc
  • Manx: roost
  • Scottish Gaelic: rùsg

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
rúsc
also rrúsc after a proclitic
rúsc
pronounced with /r(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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