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)
- nearness, proximity
- 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:
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Derived terms
- i n-aicci (“near, beside; nearby”)
Descendants
- Irish: aice
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| aicce | unchanged | n-aicce |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- 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
- Stifter, David (2023), “The rise of gemination in Celtic”, in Open Research Europe, volume 3, DOI:, page 24
- Zimmer, Heinrich (1881) Keltische Studien, Berlin: Weidmann
- MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “aicce”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page aice
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aicce”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language