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cíoch

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See also: cìoch

Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish cích, from Old Irish cích, from Proto-Celtic *kīkos (compare Welsh cig (meat)).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cíoch f (genitive singular cíche, nominative plural cíocha)

  1. breast (female organ)

Declension

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Declension of cíoch (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cíoch cíocha
vocative a chíoch a chíocha
genitive cíche cíoch
dative cíoch cíocha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an chíoch na cíocha
genitive na cíche na gcíoch
dative leis an gcíoch
don chíoch
leis na cíocha

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of cíoch
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

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 164, page 62

Further reading

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