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Middle Irish
Etymology
From Primitive Irish ᚉᚉᚔᚉᚐᚋᚔᚅᚔ (ccicamini), equivalent to cích + min literally 'having small breasts'.[1]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Cíchmuine m
- a male given name
Mutation
| Middle Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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| Cíchmuine |
Chíchmuine |
Cíchmuine
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- ^ Ziegler, Sabine (1994) Alfred Bammesberger and Günter Neumann, editors, Die Sprache der altirischen Ogam-Inschriften [The language of the Old Irish Ogham inscriptions] (Historische Sprachforschung; Ergänzungsheft 36) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 149
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