Nic
English
Etymology
Shortening.
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nʲɪc/
Noun
Nic
- A prefix used with a woman’s maiden surname
- Fionnghuala fhionn Nic Aoidh
- fair-haired Fionnghuala McKay
Usage notes
This prefix replaces the prefix Mac found in male surnames, and triggers lenition of a following consonant. It is used by unmarried women, and by married women who have kept their maiden name. Thus Fionnghuala Nic Aoidh’s father and brothers would use the surname Mac Aoidh.
Norman
Proper noun
Nic m
- A diminutive of the male given name Nic'lesse or Nicolas.
- (religion, Jersey) Satan
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