Cíchmuine

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Primitive Irish ᚉᚉᚔᚉᚐᚋᚔᚅᚔ (ccicamini), equivalent to cích +‎ min literally 'having small breasts'.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʲiːxmunʲə/

Proper noun

Cíchmuine m

  1. a male given name

Mutation

Mutation of Cíchmuine
radical lenition nasalization
Cíchmuine Chíchmuine Cíchmuine
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

References

  1. ^ 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

Further reading

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