ic
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ic"
Translingual
Alternative forms
Symbol
ic
- (informal) A Roman numeral representing ninety-nine (99).
See also
- Previous: iic (ninety-eight, 98)
- Next: c (one hundred, 100)
K'iche'
Noun
ic
- (Classical K'iche') chile
Megleno-Romanian
Etymology
Noun
ic m
- fig tree
Related terms
Middle Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Dutch ik, from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek. The accusative and dative are Old Dutch mī, from Proto-West Germanic *miʀ, from Proto-Germanic *miz, originally only the dative form.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ic
Inflection
Descendants
Further reading
- “ic”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “ic”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle English
Pronoun
ic
- Alternative form of I (“I”)
Old English
Alternative forms
- ih, ich — Northumbrian
- iċċ
- ᛁᚳ (ic) — Ruthwell Cross
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ik, unstressed form of *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
iċ
- I
- Iċ lufiġe þē.
- I love you.
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 6:20
- Iċ hit eom. Ne ondrǣdaþ ēow.
- It's me [literally I am it]. Don't be scared.
- The Life of Saint Margaret
- Iċ nylle nān word mā of þīnum mūðe ġehīeran.
- I don't want to hear one more word out of your mouth.
Usage notes
- 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 Iċ and hēo sind ġefrīend, literally "I and she are friends."
Declension
| nominative | accusative | dative | genitive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | first person | iċ | mē, mec | mē | mīn | |
| second person | þū | þē, þec | þē | þīn | ||
| third person | neuter | hit | him | his | ||
| masculine | hē | hine | ||||
| feminine | hēo | hīe | hire | |||
| dual | first person | wit | unc, uncit | unc | uncer | |
| second person | ġit | inc, incit | inc | incer | ||
| plural | first person | wē | ūs, ūsiċ | ūs | ūre, ūser | |
| second person | ġē | ēow, ēowiċ | ēow | ēower | ||
| third person | hīe | him | heora | |||
Old English personal pronouns
Descendants
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Compare Old Frisian ik, Old English iċ, Old Dutch ik, Old High German ih, Old Norse ek, Gothic 𐌹𐌺 (ik).
Pronoun
ic
- Alternative spelling of ik
Declension
Old Saxon personal pronouns
| Personal pronouns | |||||
| Singular | 1. | 2. | 3. m | 3. f | 3. n |
| Nominative | ik | thū | hē | siu | it |
| Accusative | mī, me, mik | thī, thik | ina | sia | |
| Dative | mī | thī | imu | iru | it |
| Genitive | mīn | thīn | is | ira | is |
| Dual | 1. | 2. | - | - | - |
| Nominative | wit | git | - | - | - |
| Accusative | unk | ink | - | - | - |
| Dative | |||||
| Genitive | unkero, unka | - | - | - | |
| Plural | 1. | 2. | 3. m | 3. f | 3. n |
| Nominative | wī, we | gī, ge | sia | sia | siu |
| Accusative | ūs, unsik | eu, iu, iuu | |||
| Dative | ūs | im | |||
| Genitive | ūser | euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera | iro | ||
Descendants
- Low German: ik
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
ic n (plural icuri)
Declension
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