cích

See also: 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
Middle Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
cíchchíchcích
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
cích chích cích
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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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