Old English · adjective

samcwic

Normalised sāmcwic

Part of speech: adjective
IPA: /ˈsɑːmˌkwik/
Syllables: ˈsɑːm · ˌkwik (2 syllables)
Modern English: half-dead

Meaning

half-dead

Declension

Strong declension of samcwic
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sāmcwic	sāmcwicu sāmcwico	sāmcwic
Accusative	sāmcwicne	sāmcwice	sāmcwic
Genitive	sāmcwices	sāmcwicre	sāmcwices
Dative	sāmcwicum	sāmcwicre	sāmcwicum
Instrumental	sāmcwice	sāmcwicre	sāmcwice
Plural
Nominative	sāmcwice	sāmcwica sāmcwice	sāmcwicu sāmcwico
Accusative	sāmcwice	sāmcwica sāmcwice	sāmcwicu sāmcwico
Genitive	sāmcwicra	sāmcwicra	sāmcwicra
Dative	sāmcwicum	sāmcwicum	sāmcwicum
Instrumental	sāmcwicum	sāmcwicum	sāmcwicum

Weak declension of samcwic
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sāmcwica	sāmcwice	sāmcwice
Accusative	sāmcwican	sāmcwican	sāmcwice
Genitive	sāmcwican	sāmcwican	sāmcwican
Dative	sāmcwican	sāmcwican	sāmcwican
Instrumental	sāmcwican	sāmcwican	sāmcwican
Plural
Nominative	sāmcwican	sāmcwican	sāmcwican
Accusative	sāmcwican	sāmcwican	sāmcwican
Genitive	sāmcwicra sāmcwicena	sāmcwicra sāmcwicena	sāmcwicra sāmcwicena
Dative	sāmcwicum	sāmcwicum	sāmcwicum
Instrumental	sāmcwicum	sāmcwicum	sāmcwicum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sāmikwiku, from Proto-Germanic *sēmikwikwaz (“half-dead”, literally “half-alive”), from Proto-Indo-European *sēmigʷih₃wós, equivalent to sām- (“half-”) + cwic (“living, alive”). Cognate with Old Saxon sāmkwik, Old High German sāmikwek, sāmiquek.

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