cacc

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• cac

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kakkā, from Proto-Indo-European *kakka-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkak/

Noun

cacc (gender unknown)

1. shit, excrement

Descendants

• Irish: cac (noun)
• Manx: keck (noun)
• Scottish Gaelic: cac (noun)
• ⇒ Middle Irish: caccaid
  • Irish: cac (verb)
  • Manx: keck (verb)
  • Scottish Gaelic: cac (verb)

Mutation

Mutation of cacc

radical	lenition	nasalization
cacc	chacc	cacc pronounced with /ɡ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cacc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language