See ick on Wiktionary
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"1": "nds",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*eǵh₂óm"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *eǵh₂óm",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Low German ik, from Old Saxon ik, from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *eǵh₂óm.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ick",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "du",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hei",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"nominative",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sei",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"nominative",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "dat",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"nominative",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "'t",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"nominative",
"singular",
"third-person",
"clitic"
]
},
{
"form": "mi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"first-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "di",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "em",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"masculine",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "ehr",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "dat",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"neuter",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ji",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sei",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "uns",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"first-person",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "jug (ju)",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sei",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "ik",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ek",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "eck",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "eck",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ek",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "-k",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "pronoun"
},
"expansion": "ick",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Low German",
"lang_code": "nds",
"pos": "pron",
"related": [
{
"english": "possessive: my, mine",
"translation": "possessive: my, mine",
"word": "mien"
},
{
"english": "for the 3rd person",
"tags": [
"reflexive"
],
"translation": "for the 3rd person",
"word": "sick"
},
{
"word": "min"
},
{
"word": "din"
},
{
"word": "sin"
},
{
"word": "ehr"
},
{
"word": "uns'"
},
{
"word": "jug"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Low German entries with incorrect language header",
"Low German lemmas",
"Low German pronouns",
"Low German terms derived from Middle Low German",
"Low German terms derived from Old Saxon",
"Low German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Low German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Low German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Low German terms inherited from Middle Low German",
"Low German terms inherited from Old Saxon",
"Low German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Low German terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"Low German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Pages with 6 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "I wrote you a letter",
"text": "ick schreev di en Breef",
"translation": "I wrote you a letter"
},
{
"english": "I came, I saw, I conquered. (veni, vidi, vici, attributed to Julius Caesar.)",
"text": "Ick keem, ick seeg, ick wunn",
"translation": "I came, I saw, I conquered. (veni, vidi, vici, attributed to Julius Caesar.)"
}
],
"glosses": [
"I (first person singular pronoun)"
],
"links": [
[
"I",
"I"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɪk/"
}
],
"word": "ick"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "pronoun",
"altform": "1"
},
"expansion": "ick",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "pron",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "I"
}
],
"categories": [
"Middle English alternative forms",
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Pages with 6 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of I"
],
"links": [
[
"I",
"I#Middle_English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "ick"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "frr",
"2": "pronoun"
},
"expansion": "ick",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "North Frisian",
"lang_code": "frr",
"pos": "pron",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "ik"
}
],
"categories": [
"North Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
"North Frisian lemmas",
"North Frisian pronouns",
"Pages with 6 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of ik"
],
"links": [
[
"ik",
"ik#North_Frisian"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "ick"
}
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