ic
Translingual
K'iche'
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek. The accusative and dative are Old Dutch mī, from Proto-Germanic *miz, originally only the dative form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪk/
Inflection
Middle English
References
- “ich (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 May 2018.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ek, *ik, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Germanic cognates include Old Frisian ik, Old Saxon ik, Old Dutch ik (Dutch ik), Old High German ih (German ich), Old Norse ek (Swedish jag), Gothic 𐌹𐌺 (ik). The Indo-European root, in various forms, is also the source of Sanskrit अहम् (ahám), Latin egō (French je, Spanish yo, Italian io etc.), Ancient Greek ἐγώ (egṓ), Lithuanian aš, Latvian es, Avestan 𐬀𐬰𐬆𐬨 (azəm), Old Church Slavonic азъ (azŭ) (Russian я (ja)), Old Armenian ես (es). For declined derivations, see under mē, wē etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /itʃ/, /ik/
Pronoun
ic or iċ
- I, used by the speaker referring to themselves as the subject, or in agreement with that subject
Declension
1st person | Singular | Dual | Plural |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | iċ | wit | wē |
Accusative | mē, meċ | unc | ūs |
Genitive | mīn | uncer | ūre |
Dative | mē | unc | ūs |
2nd person | Singular | Dual | Plural |
Nominative | þū | ġit | ġē |
Accusative | þē, þeċ | inc | ēow |
Genitive | þīn | incer | ēower |
Dative | þē | inc | ēow |
3rd person | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | hē | hēo | hit |
Accusative | hine | hīe | hit |
Genitive | his | hiere | his |
Dative | him | hiere | him |
Plural | |||
Nominative | hīe | ||
Accusative | hīe | ||
Genitive | heora | ||
Dative | him |
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).
Declension
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 | - | - | - | |
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 |