Beatha

And he was not referring unto the makers of a form of uisge beatha named Laphroaig. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Two hundred years later, the Catalan scholar Arnaud of Villanova dubbed the active principle of wine aqua vitae, the “water of life,” a term that lives on in Scandinavia (aquavit), in France (eau de vie), and in English: whisky is the anglicized version of the Gaelic for “water of life,” uisge beatha or usquebaugh, which is what Irish and Scots monks called their distilled barley beer. ❋ Harold McGee (2004)

And if they are, I want to say in my best Arkansas accent, cead mile failte -- (applause) -- beatha saol agus slainte. ❋ ITY National Archives (1995)

Goin 'to feed his anger with a wee drop of the uisge-beatha, no doubt. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (1993)

Comes from _uisge-beatha_, and by some bloody peculiar coincidence, that also means 'water of life.' ❋ Randall Garrett (1957)

Possession of a Gaelic Bible (biobull) served as a talisman and, together with two other elements of domestic Highland culture -- bagpipes (piob mhor) and locally-distilled whisky (uisge beatha) -- not infrequently adorned the kitchen table simultaneously. ❋ Penny Griffith (1885)

Usquebaugh seems similar, as noted, to uisce beatha. ❋ Max Power (2010)

In my bilingual dictionary, beatha means food or livelihood. ❋ Max Power (2010)

The ancient Celts knew how to ferment and distill grains in the first millennium BCE, and their uisge beatha, or "water of life," is now called whisky (in Scotland and Canada) or whiskey (in Ireland and the United States). ❋ Unknown (2010)

And with that strange machine, too! uisge beatha go bragh ... ❋ Unknown (2009)

The very name 'whisky' is derived from the ancient Gaelic name for Scotch - "uisce beatha" which means 'water of life'. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The traditional way to serve haggis is with mashed potatoes and turnips and Scottish tradition calls for a glass of "uisge beatha.". ❋ Unknown (2009)

F. Tuigam gu 'n dfhuling Criofd cradhan agus - piaata geur fuidh an Uachdaran aingidh Pontius Pilaidh, an deidh beatha phiantach agus goirt feadhi. tri blianadh deug thar fichadh. ❋ Menzies, Robert, D. 1791 (1781)

Goin" to feed his anger with a wee drop of the uisge-beatha, no doubt. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (1992)

a hat and shoes in the fashion -- I think, indeed, that would be much better than to be going from place to place drinking _uisge beatha_. ' ❋ Lady Gregory (1892)

[Whisky] is a curruption of uisge. [mmmm] uisge beatha, [Slainte]. ❋ Aye Yer Maw (2006)

[you are] my muirn beatha dan ❋ Annnaad.. (2011)