cíoch

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cích, from Old Irish cích, from Proto-Celtic *kīkos (compare Welsh cig (“meat”)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ciəx/^[1]

Noun

cíoch f (genitive singular cíche, nominative plural cíocha)

breast (female organ)

Declension

Declension of cíoch

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cíoch	cíocha
Vocative	a chíoch	a chíocha
Genitive	cíche	cíoch
Dative	cíoch	cíocha

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an chíoch	na cíocha
Genitive	na cíche	na gcíoch
Dative	leis an gcíoch don chíoch	leis na cíocha

Derived terms

bainne cíche m (“breast milk”)
cíoch-chruthach> (“mammiform”)
cíochach> (“mammary”)
cíochbheart m (“bra, brassiere”)
cíochmhar> (“mammary”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cíoch	chíoch	gcíoch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 164, page 62

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cíoch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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