glicc

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *glikkis. Possibly ultimately related to Scots gleg (“smart, quick”), Ancient Greek καλχαίνω (kalkhaínō, “to ponder”), Proto-Germanic *klōkaz (“quick, smart”), Middle English begalewen (“to frighten, stupefy”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡʲlʲikʲ/

Adjective

glicc

  1. shrewd, ingenious, skilled, acute

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Irish: glic
  • Manx: glick
  • Scottish Gaelic: glic

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
glicc glicc
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/		 nglicc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “glicc”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page glic
  2. van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “kloek2”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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