bicce
Old English
Alternative forms
- biċe, biċġe
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *bikkjā, from Proto-Germanic *bikjǭ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbit.t͡ʃe/
Noun
biċċe f
- bitch, a female dog
Declension
Declension of bicce (weak)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | biċċe | biċċan |
accusative | biċċan | biċċan |
genitive | biċċan | biċċena |
dative | biċċan | biċċum |
Descendants
- Middle English: bicche, beche, biche, bycche, byche, bikk, buche
- English: bitch (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: bitch
- → Old French: biche
- ⇒ Middle French: bichon
- French: bichon
- → English: bichon
- French: bichon
- ⇒ Middle French: bichon
References
- John R. Clark Hall (1916), “bicce”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
Old Irish
Adjective
bicce
- Alternative spelling of bice
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
bicce | bicce pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ | mbicce |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |