ícc

See also: icc and ICC

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• íc, hícc

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *īkkā, a variant or derivative of *yekkā (from which come Welsh iach, Breton yac'h, and Cornish yagh (“healthy”) as well as Gaulish Iaccus). The Proto-Celtic word is of uncertain origin; a connection with Ancient Greek ἄκος (ákos, “cure, medicine”) and Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀐𐀴𐀪𐀊𐀂 (a-ke-ti-ri-ja-i), 𐀊𐀐𐀳𐀩 (ja-ke-te-re, “healers”) is possible but phonologically difficult.

Pronunciation

• (nominative/vocative singular): IPA^(key): /iːk/
• (accusative/dative singular): IPA^(key): /iːkʲ/

Noun

ícc f

1. verbal noun of íccaid
2. cure
3. salvation
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 11^a24

     Ní gessam-ni níi bes chotarsne dïar n-ícc.

     We should not pray for anything that is opposed to our salvation.

   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 17^d27

     Aní trá as chotarsne fri hícc ní étar cía gessir.

     Whatever, then, is contrary to salvation is not obtained even if it is prayed for.

   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 57^d11

     Ní derchoínfet a n‑íc hó Día.

     They will not despair of their salvation from God.

4. payment

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	íccL	—	—
Vocative	íccL	—	—
Accusative	íccN	—	—
Genitive	ícceH	—	—
Dative	íccL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• íccaid

Descendants

• Irish: íoc
• Manx: eeck
• Scottish Gaelic: ìoc

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
ícc (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-ícc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ícc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*īkkā, *yekkā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 171