iech

See also: Iech

Contents

East Central German

Pronoun

iech

1. (Silesia) I (first person pronoun)

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German iuch, from Old High German iuwih. The expected Luxeburgish form would be *äich. The form iech goes back to Middle High German *öch or *ech, as in some neighbouring dialects of Central Franconian. It is probably due to shortening after -iu- had been diphthongized ([yːç] > [øʏ̯ç] > [øç]).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ie̯χ/, [iə̯ɕ] (stressed)
• IPA^(key): /eχ/, [əɕ] (unstressed)
• Homophones: Iech, ech (latter unstressed only)

Pronoun

iech

1. second-person plural, accusative: you
2. second-person plural, dative: you, to you
3. second-person plural, reflexive: yourselves

Declension

Luxembourgish personal pronouns

	nominative		accusative		dative		reflexive
	str.	unstr.	str.	unstr.	str.	unstr.
1st person singular	ech	—	mech	—	mir	mer	like dat. and acc.
2nd person singular (informal)	du	de	dech	—	dir	der	like dat. and acc.
2nd person singular (formal)	Dir	Der	Iech	Iech [əɕ]	Iech	Iech [əɕ]	Iech
3rd person singular (m)	hien	en	hien	en	him	em	sech
3rd person singular (f)	si	se	si	se	hir	er	sech
3rd person singular (n)	hatt	et ('t)	hatt	et ('t)	him	em	sech
1st person plural	mir	mer	eis (ons)	—	eis (ons)	—	eis (ons)
2nd person plural	dir	der	iech	iech [əɕ]	iech	iech [əɕ]	iech
3rd person plural	si	se	si	se	hinnen	en	sech