co ndicci
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- co nicci
Etymology
From coN (“until”) + ·ticci, the prototonic second-person singular present form of do·icc (“to come”), literally "until you sg come to".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ko ˈn̠ʲd̠ʲi.ɡʲi/
Preposition
co ndicci (governs the accusative)
- up to, as far as
- c. 895–901, Vita tripartita Sancti Patricii, line 1013; published in Kathleen Mulchrone, transl., Bethu Phátraic: The tripartite life of Patrick, Hodges, Figgis, 1939:
- [...]ro·lluicc in talam inna dí arracht déacc aili co n-icci a cinnu,
- The earth swallowed the twelve other idols up to their heads...
Related terms
Descendants
- Irish: go nuige
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “con(n)icci”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language