aicce
Old Irish
Etymology
Probably related to ocus (“near, close”) and oc (“beside, by”).[1] Or, less likely, from the root of Middle Irish taca (“support, prop”); compare Scottish Gaelic taic (“support”).[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
aicce f (genitive aicce)
Declension
| Feminine iā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | aicceL | aicciL | aicci |
| Vocative | aicceL | aicciL | aicci |
| Accusative | aicciN | aicciL | aicci |
| Genitive | aicce | aicceL | aicceN |
| Dative | aicciL | aiccib | aiccib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
- i n-aicci (“near, beside; nearby”)
Descendants
- Irish: aice
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| aicce (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | n-aicce |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- ^ Zimmer, editor of Glossæ Hibernicæ, 1881, author of Keltische Studien, 1881, 1884
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “aicce”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page aice
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aicce”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language