bicce

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bikkjā, from Proto-Germanic *bikjǭ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbit.t͡ʃe/

Noun

biċċe f

  1. bitch, a female dog

Declension

Weak n-stem:

singular plural
nominative biċċe biċċan
accusative biċċan biċċan
genitive biċċan biċċena
dative biċċan biċċum

Descendants

  • Middle English: bicche, beche, biche, bycche, byche, bikk, buche
    • English: bitch
      • → Dutch: bitch
      • →? German: Betze, Bätze, Petze
      • → French: bitch
    • Scots: bitch
  • → Old French: biche (Anglo-Norman)

References

Old Irish

Adjective

bicce

  1. alternative spelling of bice

Mutation

Mutation of bicce
radical lenition nasalization
bicce bicce
pronounced with /βʲ-/		 mbicce

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

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