cíoch
See also: cìoch
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish cích, from Old Irish cích, from Proto-Celtic *kīkos (compare Welsh cig (“meat”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ciəx/[1]
Noun
cíoch f (genitive singular cíche, nominative plural cíocha)
- breast (female organ)
Declension
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Derived terms
- bainne cíche m (“breast milk”)
- cíoch-chruthach (“mammiform”)
- cíochach (“mammary”)
- cíochbheart m (“bra, brassiere”)
- cíochmhar (“mammary”)
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| cíoch | chíoch | gcíoch |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 164, page 62
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “cíoċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 192; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cíoch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN