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ic

  1. (informal) A Roman numeral representing ninety-nine (99).

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K'iche' edit

Noun edit

ic

  1. (Classical K'iche') chile

Middle Dutch edit

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Etymology edit

From Old Dutch ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek. The accusative and dative are Old Dutch , from Proto-Germanic *miz, originally only the dative form.

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

ic

  1. I

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Dutch: ik
    • Afrikaans: ek
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: eke
    • Jersey Dutch: äk
    • Petjo: ik
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: ek

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

  1. Alternative form of I (I)

Old English edit

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Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ik, unstressed form of *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

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Pronoun edit

  1. I
    lufiġe þē.
    I love you.
    • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 6:20
      hit eom. Ne ondrǣdaþ ēow.
      It's me [literally I am it]. Don't be scared.
    • The Life of Saint Margaret
      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 and hēo sind ġefrīend, literally "I and she are friends."

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Descendants edit

  • Southern Middle English: ich
    • English: ich (obsolete since 19th century)
    • Yola: ich (revived)
  • Northern Middle English: ik
    • Scots: ik (rare)
  • Later Middle English: I
    • English: I
    • Scots: A, I

Old Saxon edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Compare Old Frisian ik, Old English , Old Dutch ik, Old High German ih, Old Norse ek, Gothic 𐌹𐌺 (ik).

Pronoun edit

ic

  1. Alternative spelling of ik

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Low German: ik

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Hungarian ék.

Noun edit

ic n (plural icuri)

  1. wedge

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