aicce

Old Irish

Etymology

According to Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru, related to Welsh ach (“lineage”), Old Cornish ach, and Old Breton acom.^[1] Stifter reconstructs Proto-Celtic *akkiyā as the ancestor of all these cognates, and derives this from Proto-Celtic *ad- (“at”).^[2]

Previously, Zimmer related this to ocus (“near, close”) and oc (“beside, by”).^[3] MacBain derived this from the root of Middle Irish taca (“support, prop”); compare Scottish Gaelic taic (“support”).^[4]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈakʲe]

Noun

aicce f (genitive aicce)

Declension

Feminine iā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	aicce^L	aicci^L	aicci
Vocative	aicce^L	aicci^L	aicci
Accusative	aicci^N	aicci^L	aicci
Genitive	aicce	aicce^L	aicce^N
Dative	aicci^L	aiccib	aiccib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

i n-aicci (“near, beside; nearby”)

Descendants

Irish: aice
Scottish Gaelic: aice

Mutation

Mutation of *aicce*
radical	lenition	nasalization
aicce (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-aicce

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ach”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
^ Stifter, David (2023) “The rise of gemination in Celtic”, in Open Research Europe‎^[1], volume 3, number 24, →DOI
^ Zimmer, Heinrich (1881) Keltische Studien, Berlin: Weidmann
^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “aicce”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[2], Stirling, →ISBN, page aice