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glicc

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *glikkis. Possibly ultimately related to Scots gleg (“smart, quick”), Ancient Greek καλχαίνω (kalkhaínō, “to ponder”), Proto-Germanic *klōkaz (“quick, smart”), Middle English begalewen (“to frighten, stupefy”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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glicc

  1. shrewd, ingenious, skilled, acute

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Irish: glic
  • Manx: glick
  • Scottish Gaelic: glic

Mutation

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Mutation of glicc
radical lenition nasalization
glicc glicc
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ 		nglicc

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

References

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  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “glicc”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page glic
  2. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “kloek2”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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