glicc
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Old Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Celtic *glikkis. Possibly ultimately related to Scots gleg (“smart, quick”), Ancient Greek καλχαίνω (kalkhaínō, “to ponder”), Proto-Germanic *klōkaz (“quick, smart”), Middle English begalewen (“to frighten, stupefy”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]glicc
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| glicc | glicc pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ |
nglicc |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “glicc”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page glic
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “kloek2”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute