Cíchmuine

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Middle Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Primitive Irish ᚉᚉᚔᚉᚐᚋᚔᚅᚔ (ccicamini), equivalent to cích +‎ min literally 'having small breasts'.[1]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Cíchmuine m

  1. a male given name

Mutation

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Middle Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
Cíchmuine Chíchmuine Cíchmuine
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  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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