glicc
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *glikkis. Possibly ultimately related to Scots gleg (“smart, quick”), Ancient Greek καλχαίνω (kalkhaínō, “to ponder”), Proto-Germanic *klōkaz (“quick, smart”), Middle English begalewen (“to frighten, stupefy”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʲlʲikʲ/
Adjective
glicc
- shrewd, ingenious, skilled, acute
Derived terms
- gliccus
Descendants
- Irish: glic
- Manx: glick
- Scottish Gaelic: glic
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| glicc | glicc pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ | nglicc |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “glicc”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page glic
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “kloek2”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute