Cíchmuine

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

• Cichmuine, Cichmhuine, Cíchmaine

Etymology

From Primitive Irish ᚉᚉᚔᚉᚐᚋᚔᚅᚔ (ccicamini), equivalent to cích +‎ min literally 'having small breasts'.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʲiːxmunʲə/

Proper noun

Cíchmuine m

1. a male given name

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
Cíchmuine	Chíchmuine	Cíchmuine pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “crenaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language