The word "Whiskey" comes from the Irish words "Uisce Beatha" meaning the water of life.
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Scottish Gaeilic is uisge. Irish Gaelic is uisce.
Please specify Irish Gaelic or Scottish Gaelic: they are two separate languages.
In Irish it's "uisce"
In Irish it's "gaoth agus uisce"
Seilche 'turtle',Seilch, 'water monster' and most definitelyseilcheag, 'snail, slug' come from Old Irish seilche 'snail, turtle' Irish Gaelic is turtar.
In Irish it's dragan uisce/ laghairt uisce
Uisce Beatha is Irish Gaelic for Water of Life and refers to whiskey Usige Beatha is Scottish Gaelic for Water of Life and refers to whisky
Answer: Uisge (pronounced oosh-ka) is Gaelic for water. More interestingly, the English word "whiskey" comes from the Gaelic phrase for whiskey: uisge-beatha (pron oosh-ka beh-ha) -- literally, "water of life".
In Irish it's "uisce beatha" (also means whiskey)
"eiridh tonn air uisge balbh" means "a wave will rise on quiet water". It is a lovely warning.
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