icht
German
Etymology
From Middle High German iht, icht, ieht, from Old High German iowiht. Cognate with Dutch iet, English aught.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪçt/
Pronoun
icht (genitive ichts or ichtes, dative icht or ichte)
- (obsolete) something
Further reading
- “icht” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Middle Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ixt/
Etymology 1
From Old Irish icht, from Proto-Celtic *yextis (“language”), from Proto-Indo-European *yek- (“to utter”).
Noun
icht m
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “? 3 icht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Etymology 2
Noun
icht m
Descendants
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 icht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Etymology 3
From Old Irish icht, possibly from Latin ictus (“blow, stroke”)
Noun
icht m
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 icht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| icht (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | n-icht |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ixt]
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic *yextis (“language”), from Proto-Indo-European *yek- (“to utter”).
Noun
icht m
Descendants
- Middle Irish: icht
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “? 3 icht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Etymology 2
Possibly from Latin ictus (“blow, stroke”)
Noun
icht m
Descendants
- Middle Irish: icht
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 icht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| icht (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
icht | n-icht |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.