cíoch

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Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish cích, from Proto-Celtic *kīkos (compare Welsh cig (“meat”)).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

cíoch f (genitive cíche, nominative plural cíocha)

  1. (anatomy) breast

Declension[edit]

Declension of cíoch

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cíoch cíocha
Vocative a chíoch a chíocha
Genitive cíche cíoch
Dative cíoch cíocha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an chíoch na cíocha
Genitive na cíche na gcíoch
Dative leis an gcíoch

don chíoch

 leis na cíocha

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cíoch chíoch gcíoch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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