ic
Translingual
Alternative forms
Symbol
ic
- (informal) A Roman numeral representing ninety-nine (99).
See also
- Previous: iic (ninety-eight, 98)
- Next: c (one hundred, 100)
K'iche'
Noun
ic
- (Classical K'iche') chile
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek. The accusative and dative are Old Dutch mī, from Proto-Germanic *miz, originally only the dative form.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ic
Inflection
Descendants
Further reading
- “ic”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “ic”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle English
Pronoun
ic
- Alternative form of I (“I”)
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, *ik, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Germanic cognates include Old Frisian ik, Old Saxon ik, Old Dutch ik (Dutch ik), Old High German ih (German ich), Old Norse ek (Swedish jag), Gothic 𐌹𐌺 (ik). The Indo-European root, in various forms, is also the source of Sanskrit अहम् (ahám), Latin egō (French je, Spanish yo, Italian io etc.), Ancient Greek ἐγώ (egṓ), Lithuanian aš, Latvian es, Avestan 𐬀𐬰𐬆𐬨 (azəm), Old Church Slavonic азъ (azŭ) (Russian я (ja), Bulgarian аз (az)), Old Armenian ես (es). For declined derivations, see under mē, wē etc.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
iċ
- I
- Iċ lufiġe þē.
- I love you.
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 6:20
- Iċ hit eom. Ne ondrǣdaþ ēow.
- It's me [literally I am it]. Don't be scared.
- The Life of Saint Margaret
- Iċ nylle nān word mā of þīnum mūðe ġehīeran.
- I don't want to hear one more word out of your mouth.
Usage notes
In modern English, object pronouns are often used as subjects in a wide variety of circumstances ("Me and her are friends", "you're as big as me"). In Old English only subject pronouns were used as subjects (except with a small class of verbs such as līcian, mǣtan, and twēoġan, which took dative or accusative subjects with nouns and pronouns alike). Thus "me and her are friends" was Iċ and hēo sind frīend, literally "I and she are friends." Other examples: Þū eart swā miċel swā iċ! ("You're as big as me!", lit. "as I"), Ġē dōþ simle swelċe ġē beteran bēon þonne iċ ("You guys always act like you're better than me", lit. "I"), Iċ hit eom ("It's me", lit. "I it am").
Declension
nominative | accusative | dative | genitive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
singular | first person | iċ | mē, mec | mē | mīn | |
second person | þū | þē, þec | þē | þīn | ||
third person | neuter | hit | him | his | ||
masculine | hē | hine | ||||
feminine | hēo | hīe | hire | |||
dual | first person | wit | unc, uncit | unc | uncer | |
second person | ġit | inc, incit | inc | incer | ||
plural | first person | wē | ūs, ūsiċ | ūs | ūre, ūser | |
second person | ġē | ēow, ēowic | ēow | ēower | ||
third person | hīe | him | heora |
Descendants
- Southern Middle English: ich
- English: ich (obsolete since 19th century)
- Northern Middle English: ik
- Scots: ik (rare)
- Later Middle English: I
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Compare Old Frisian ik, Old English iċ, Old Dutch ik, Old High German ih, Old Norse ek, Gothic 𐌹𐌺 (ik).
Pronoun
ic
- Alternative spelling of ik
Declension
Personal pronouns | |||||
Singular | 1. | 2. | 3. m | 3. f | 3. n |
Nominative | ik | thū | hē | siu | it |
Accusative | mī, me, mik | thī, thik | ina | sia | |
Dative | mī | thī | imu | iru | it |
Genitive | mīn | thīn | is | ira | is |
Dual | 1. | 2. | - | - | - |
Nominative | wit | git | - | - | - |
Accusative | unk | ink | - | - | - |
Dative | |||||
Genitive | unkero, unka | - | - | - | |
Plural | 1. | 2. | 3. m | 3. f | 3. n |
Nominative | wī, we | gī, ge | sia | sia | siu |
Accusative | ūs, unsik | eu, iu, iuu | |||
Dative | ūs | im | |||
Genitive | ūser | euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera | iro |
Descendants
- Low German: ik
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
ic n (plural icuri)
Declension
- Translingual lemmas
- Translingual numeral symbols
- Translingual informal terms
- K'iche' lemmas
- K'iche' nouns
- Classical K'iche'
- Middle Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch
- Middle Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch
- Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Middle Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle Dutch lemmas
- Middle Dutch pronouns
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English pronouns
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English lemmas
- Old English pronouns
- Old English personal pronouns
- Old English terms with usage examples
- Old English terms with quotations
- Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Saxon lemmas
- Old Saxon pronouns
- Romanian terms borrowed from Hungarian
- Romanian terms derived from Hungarian
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian neuter nouns