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Middle Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish cích, from Proto-Celtic *kīkos (compare Welsh cig (“meat”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
cích m or f
- breast
- nipple
- teat
Derived terms
Descendants
Mutation
| Middle Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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| cích |
chích |
cích
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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Old Irish
Etymology
From Primitive Irish ᚉᚉᚔᚉᚐ (ccica-),[1] from Proto-Celtic *kīkos (compare Welsh cig (“meat”)).
Pronunciation
- (nominative and accusative singular) IPA(key): /kʲiːx/
- (dative singular) IPA(key): /kʲiːxʲ/
Noun
cích n (genitive cíche, nominative plural cíche)
- breast
- Synonym: bruinne
Inflection
| Neuter s-stem
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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| Nominative
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cíchN
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cíchN
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cícheL
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| Vocative
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cíchN
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cíchN
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cícheL
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| Accusative
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cíchN
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cíchN
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cícheL
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| Genitive
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cícheL
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cíche
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cícheN
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| Dative
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cíchL
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cíchib
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cíchib
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Derived terms
Descendants
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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| cích
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chích
|
cích
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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