cíoch
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See also: cìoch
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish cích, from Old Irish cích, from Proto-Celtic *kīkos (compare Welsh cig (“meat”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
cíoch f (genitive singular cíche, nominative plural cíocha)
- breast (female organ)
Declension
Declension of cíoch
Derived terms
- bainne cíche m (“breast milk”)
- cíoch-chruthach> (“mammiform”)
- cíochach> (“mammary”)
- cíochbheart m (“bra, brassiere”)
- cíochmhar> (“mammary”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cíoch | chíoch | gcíoch |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 164, page 62
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cíoch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Categories:
- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Middle Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish feminine nouns
- Irish second-declension nouns
- ga:Female
- ga:Organs