ícc

See also: icc and ICC

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *īkkā, a variant or derivative of *yekkā (from which come Welsh iach, Breton yac'h, and Cornish yagh (“healthy”) as well as Gaulish Iaccus). The Proto-Celtic word is of uncertain origin; a connection with Ancient Greek ἄκος (ákos, “cure, medicine”) and Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀐𐀴𐀪𐀊𐀂 (a-ke-ti-ri-ja-i), 𐀊𐀐𐀳𐀩 (ja-ke-te-re, “healers”) is possible but phonologically difficult.

Pronunciation

• (nominative/vocative singular): IPA^(key): /iːk/
• (accusative/dative singular): IPA^(key): /iːkʲ/

Noun

ícc f

1. verbal noun of íccaid
2. cure
3. payment

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	íccL	—	—
Vocative	íccL	—	—
Accusative	íccN	—	—
Genitive	ícceH	—	—
Dative	íccL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• íccaid

Descendants

• Irish: íoc
• Scottish Gaelic: ìoc

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
ícc (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-ícc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ícc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*īkkā, *yekkā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 171