aicce

Old Irish

Etymology

According to Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru, related to Welsh ach (lineage), Old Cornish ach, and Old Breton acom.[1] Stifter reconstructs Proto-Celtic *akkiyā as the ancestor of all these cognates, and derives this from Proto-Celtic *ad- (at).[2]

Previously, Zimmer related this to ocus (near, close) and oc (beside, by).[3] MacBain derived this from the root of Middle Irish taca (support, prop); compare Scottish Gaelic taic (support).[4]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈakʲe]

Noun

aicce f (genitive aicce)

  1. nearness, proximity
  2. fosterage

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:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: aice

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
aicce unchanged n-aicce
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ach”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. Stifter, David (2023) “The rise of gemination in Celtic”, in Open Research Europe, volume 3, →DOI, page 24
  3. Zimmer, Heinrich (1881) Keltische Studien, Berlin: Weidmann
  4. MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “aicce”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page aice

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