cíoch

See also: cìoch

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cích, from Proto-Celtic *kīkos (compare Welsh cig (“meat”)).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ciːx/

Noun

cíoch f (genitive singular cíche, nominative plural cíocha)

  1. breast (female organ)

Declension
Declension of cíoch

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cíoch cíocha
Vocative a chíoch a chíocha
Genitive cíche cíoch
Dative cíoch cíocha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an chíoch na cíocha
Genitive na cíche na gcíoch
Dative leis an gcíoch

don chíoch

 leis na cíocha

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cíoch chíoch gcíoch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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