glicc

Old Irish

Etymology

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
  • IPA(key): /ɡʲlʲikʲ/

Adjective

glicc

  1. shrewd, ingenious, skilled, acute

Derived terms

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

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
glicc glicc
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/		 nglicc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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