rúisc

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Irish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Irish *rúiscid (to strip the bark from), from Old Irish rúsc (bark). Compare Scottish Gaelic rùisg.

Verb[edit]

rúisc (present analytic rúisceann, future analytic rúiscfidh, verbal noun rúscadh, past participle rúiscthe)

  1. to poke (stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning), stir up
    Synonym: corraigh suas
    An rúisc tú an ghríosach? — Rúisceas.
    Did you poke the embers? — I did.
  2. to decorticate, shell, strip
    Synonyms: snamh, scillig, scamh
  3. to trounce (beat severely)
    Synonym: gread
Conjugation[edit]

Alternative verbal nouns: rúisceadh, rúisceáil

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

rúisc

  1. inflection of rúsc:
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Further reading[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

rúisc f (genitive singular rúisce, nominative plural rúisceanna)

  1. volley, fusillade
  2. discharge (act of firing a projectile)
  3. large object or person
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ rúisc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ rúisc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Old Irish[edit]

Noun[edit]

rúisc

  1. vocative/genitive singular of rúsc

Mutation[edit]

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