aicce

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Old Irish

Etymology

According to Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru, related to Welsh ach (“lineage”), Old Cornish ach, and Old Breton acom.[1] Stifter reconstructs Proto-Celtic *akkiyā as the ancestor of all these cognates, and derives this from Proto-Celtic *ad- (“at”).[2]

Previously, Zimmer related this to ocus (“near, close”) and oc (“beside, by”).[3] MacBain derived this from the root of Middle Irish taca (“support, prop”); compare Scottish Gaelic taic (“support”).[4]

Pronunciation

Noun

aicce f (genitive aicce)

  1. nearness, proximity
  2. fosterage

Declension

Feminine iā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative aicceL aicciL aicci
Vocative aicceL aicciL aicci
Accusative aicciN aicciL aicci
Genitive aicce aicceL aicceN
Dative aicciL aiccib aiccib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: aice
  • Scottish Gaelic: aice

Mutation

Mutation of aicce
radical lenition nasalization
aicce
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) 		unchanged n-aicce

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ach”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. ^ Stifter, David (2023) “The rise of gemination in Celtic”, in Open Research Europe‎, volume 3, number 24, →DOI
  3. ^ Zimmer, Heinrich (1881) Keltische Studien, Berlin: Weidmann
  4. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “aicce”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN, page aice

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