nícon

Old Irish

Etymology

From ní (“not”) and probably co (“to, toward”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈn͈ʲikon/

Particle

nícon (abbreviated níɔ)

1. not
   • 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. 12^c22

     Ro·cluinethar cách in fogur et níɔ·fitir cid as·beir.

     Everyone hears the sound and doesn't know what he says.

Usage notes

Followed by the dependent form of the verb, which is lenited.

Descendants

• Irish: cha
• Scottish Gaelic: cha
• Manx: cha