pic (pluralpics)
pic m (pluralpica, definitepici, definite pluralpicat)
Inherited fromVulgar Latin*piccus, fromLatinpīcus.
Middle Irishpic,picc, fromLatinpix.
| |||||||||||
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| pic | phic | bpic |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Inherited fromProto-Slavic*piti.
pic impf
pic
piċorpic n
Stronga-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | piċ | — |
| accusative | piċ | — |
| genitive | piċes | — |
| dative | piċe | — |
Stronga-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pic | — |
| accusative | pic | — |
| genitive | pices | — |
| dative | pice | — |
FromVulgar Latin*piccus(“sharp point”).
picoblique singular, m (oblique pluralpis,nominative singularpis,nominative pluralpic)
FromProto-Slavic*peťь, fromProto-Balto-Slavic*péktis, fromProto-Indo-European*pékʷ-tis, from*pekʷ-.
pic f
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
pic f
Uncertain, maybe from the root*peh₂w-(“few, small”).
Most likely fromVulgar Latinpicca, from earlier*piccus, borrowed fromProto-Celtic*bikkos(“small, little”).Eventually influenced by dissimilation bypaucus(“few, little”). CompareAlbanianpikë(“a drop; a bit”),Sicilianpicca(“a bit, a little”),Italianpiccolo(“small”),Spanishpequeño(“small”). Compare alsoFrenchpetit(“small”),Englishpinch.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | pic | picul | picuri | picurile | |
| genitive-dative | pic | picului | picuri | picurilor | |
| vocative | picule | picurilor | |||
pic
píc
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Deverbal frompicio(“to cast”).
pic f (pluralpicauorpics,diminutivepicen)
There are many terms forWelsh cake in Welsh and the particular word an individual uses will vary from area to area.
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| pic | bic | mhic | phic |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
