cích

See also: cich, Cich, and čich

Middle Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʲiːx/

Noun

cích m or f

  1. breast
  2. nipple
  3. teat

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: cíoch
  • Manx: keeagh
  • Scottish Gaelic: cìoch

Mutation

Mutation of cích
radical lenition nasalization
cích chích cích
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.

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)

  1. breast
    Synonym: bruinne

Inflection

Neuter s-stem
singular dual plural
nominative cíchN cíchN cícheL
vocative cíchN cíchN cícheL
accusative cíchN cíchN cícheL
genitive cícheL cíche cícheN
dative cíchL cíchib cíchib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

Mutation

Mutation of cích
radical lenition nasalization
cích chích cích
pronounced with /ɡʲ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old 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

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