cích

See also: čich

Middle Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʲiːx/

Noun

cích m or f

1. breast
2. nipple
3. teat

Derived terms

• cíchech

Descendants

• Irish: cíoch
• Manx: keeagh
• Scottish Gaelic: cìoch

Mutation

Mutation of cích

radical	lenition	nasalization
cích	chích	cích pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Primitive Irish ᚉᚉᚔᚉᚐ (ccica-),^[1] from Proto-Celtic *kīkos (compare Welsh cig (“meat”)).

Pronunciation

• (nominative and accusative singular) IPA^(key): /kʲiːx/
• (dative singular) IPA^(key): /kʲiːxʲ/

Noun

cích n (genitive cíche, nominative plural cíche)

1. breast

   Synonym: bruinne

Inflection

Neuter s-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	cíchN	cíchN	cícheL
Vocative	cíchN	cíchN	cícheL
Accusative	cíchN	cíchN	cícheL
Genitive	cícheL	cíche	cícheN
Dative	cíchL	cíchib	cíchib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• Cíchmuine

Descendants

• Middle Irish: cích f
  • Irish: cíoch
  • Manx: keeagh
  • Scottish Gaelic: cìoch

Mutation

Mutation of cích

radical	lenition	nasalization
cích	chích	cích pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cích”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language