cwic

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”). Cognates with Old Frisian quik, Old Saxon quik (Dutch kwik), Old High German kec (German keck), Old Norse kvikr (Swedish kvick), Gothic 𐌵𐌹𐌿𐍃 (qius); and with Ancient Greek βίος (bios, “life”), Latin vīvus ("alive"), Baltic *gīwa- (Lithuanian gývas ("alive"), Latvian dzīvs), Slavic *živъ (“alive”) (Old Church Slavonic живъ (živŭ), Russian живой (živój)), Celtic *biwos (Irish beo (“alive”), Welsh byw (“alive”)) *gwitu- (Old Irish biad (“nourishment”), Irish biathaigh (“nourish”) and bia (“food”)), Sanskrit जीव (jīva).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kwik/

Adjective

cwic

1. living, live, alive

   Enoch cwic gewat mid cyning engla.

   Enoch departed alive with the king of angels.

2. mentally agile; intelligent, keen

Declension

Weak							Strong
	singular			plural				singular			plural
	m	n	f					m	n	f	m	n	f
nominative	cwica	cwice	cwice	cwican			nom.	cwic	cwic	cwicu	cwice	cwicu, -e	cwica, -e
accusative	cwican	cwice	cwican				acc.	cwicne	cwic	cwice	cwice	cwicu, -e	cwica, -e
genitive	cwican			cwicra, cwicena			gen.	cwices	cwices	cwicre	cwicra
dative	cwican			cwicum			dat.	cwicum	cwicum	cwicre	cwicum
							instrumental	cwice

Descendants

• English: quick