ic
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ic"
Translingual edit
Alternative forms edit
Symbol edit
ic
- (informal) A Roman numeral representing ninety-nine (99).
See also edit
- Previous: iic (ninety-eight, 98)
- Next: c (one hundred, 100)
K'iche' edit
Noun edit
ic
- (Classical K'iche') chile
Middle Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Dutch ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek. The accusative and dative are Old Dutch mī, from Proto-Germanic *miz, originally only the dative form.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
ic
Inflection edit
Middle Dutch personal pronouns
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “ic”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “ic”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle English edit
Pronoun edit
ic
- Alternative form of I (“I”)
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
- ih, ich — Northumbrian
- iċċ
- ᛁᚳ (ic) — Ruthwell Cross
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ik, unstressed form of *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
iċ
- I
- Iċ lufiġe þē.
- I love you.
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 6:20
- Iċ hit eom. Ne ondrǣdaþ ēow.
- It's me [literally I am it]. Don't be scared.
- The Life of Saint Margaret
- Iċ nylle nān word mā of þīnum mūðe ġehīeran.
- I don't want to hear one more word out of your mouth.
Usage notes edit
- In modern English, object pronouns are often used as subjects in a wide variety of circumstances ("Me and her are friends", "you're as big as me"). In Old English, only subject pronouns were used as subjects (except with a small class of verbs such as līcian, mǣtan, and twēoġan, which took dative or accusative subjects with nouns and pronouns alike). Thus "me and her are friends" was Iċ and hēo sind ġefrīend, literally "I and she are friends."
Declension edit
Old English personal pronouns
nominative | accusative | dative | genitive | |||
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singular | first person | iċ | mec, mē | mē | mīn | |
second person | þū | þec, þē | þē | þīn | ||
third person | neuter | hit | him | his | ||
masculine | hē | hine | ||||
feminine | hēo | hīe | hiere | |||
dual | first person | wit | unc, uncit | unc | uncer | |
second person | ġit | inc, incit | inc | incer | ||
plural | first person | wē | ūs, ūsic | ūs | ūser, ūre | |
second person | ġē | ēow, ēowic | ēow | ēower | ||
third person | hīe | him | heora |
Descendants edit
Old Saxon edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Compare Old Frisian ik, Old English iċ, Old Dutch ik, Old High German ih, Old Norse ek, Gothic 𐌹𐌺 (ik).
Pronoun edit
ic
- Alternative spelling of ik
Declension edit
Old Saxon personal pronouns
Personal pronouns | |||||
Singular | 1. | 2. | 3. m | 3. f | 3. n |
Nominative | ik | thū | hē | siu | it |
Accusative | mī, me, mik | thī, thik | ina | sia | |
Dative | mī | thī | imu | iru | it |
Genitive | mīn | thīn | is | ira | is |
Dual | 1. | 2. | - | - | - |
Nominative | wit | git | - | - | - |
Accusative | unk | ink | - | - | - |
Dative | |||||
Genitive | unkero, unka | - | - | - | |
Plural | 1. | 2. | 3. m | 3. f | 3. n |
Nominative | wī, we | gī, ge | sia | sia | siu |
Accusative | ūs, unsik | eu, iu, iuu | |||
Dative | ūs | im | |||
Genitive | ūser | euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera | iro |
Descendants edit
- Low German: ik
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
ic n (plural icuri)