iech
From Middle High German iuch, from Old High German iuwih. The expected Luxembourgish form would be *äich. The form iech probably goes back to Middle High German *öch as in some neighbouring dialects of Central Franconian. This may be due to shortening at the time when -iu- had been diphthongized, thus: > > , and then new diphthongization (sporadically before voiceless fricatives as in briechen, iessen).
iech
nominative | accusative | dative | reflexive | ||||||||
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stressed | unstressed | stressed | unstressed | stressed | unstressed | ||||||
singular | 1st person | ech | — | mech | — | mir | mer | like dat. and acc. | |||
2nd person | informal | du | de | dech | — | dir | der | like dat. and acc. | |||
formal | Dir | Der | Iech | Iech | Iech | Iech | Iech | ||||
3rd person | m | hien | en | hien | en | him | em | sech | |||
f | si | se | si | se | hir | er | sech | ||||
n | hatt | et ('t) | hatt | et ('t) | him | em | sech | ||||
plural | 1st person | mir | mer | eis (ons) | — | eis (ons) | — | eis (ons) | |||
2nd person | dir | der | iech | iech | iech | iech | iech | ||||
3rd person | si | se | si | se | hinnen | en | sech |