iech
FromMiddle High Germaniuch, fromOld High Germaniuwih. The expected Luxembourgish form would be*äich. The formiech probably goes back to Middle High German*öch as in some neighbouring dialects ofCentral Franconian. This may be due to shortening at the time when-iu- had been diphthongized, thus:[yːç] >[øʏ̯ç] >[øç], and then new diphthongization (sporadically before voiceless fricatives as inbriechen,iessen).
iech
| nominative | accusative | dative | reflexive | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| stressed | unstressed | stressed | unstressed | stressed | unstressed | ||||||
| singular | 1st person | ech | — | mech | — | mir | mer | like dat. and acc. | |||
| 2nd person | informal | du | de | dech | — | dir | der | like dat. and acc. | |||
| formal | Dir | Der | Iech | Iech[əɕ] | Iech | Iech[əɕ] | Iech | ||||
| 3rd person | m | hien | en | hien | en | him | em | sech | |||
| f | si | se | si | se | hir | er | sech | ||||
| n | hatt | et ('t) | hatt | et ('t) | him | em | sech | ||||
| plural | 1st person | mir | mer | eis (ons) | — | eis (ons) | — | eis (ons) | |||
| 2nd person | dir | der | iech | iech[əɕ] | iech | iech[əɕ] | iech | ||||
| 3rd person | si | se | si | se | hinnen | en | sech | ||||