Pictish

the language of the Picts, who inhabited Scotland and the neighboring islands until approximately the ninth century A.D.It was displaced by Scottish Gaelic and the Germanic languages. Information on Pictish is based in part on numerous undeciphered inscriptions from Scotland and the Shetland and Orkney Islands, usually written in the oghamic alphabet and sometimes in the Latin alphabet. It is also based on Scottish toponyms and Pictish names recorded in ancient and medieval sources. Some researchers regard Pictish as a Celtic language with pre-Indo-European substratum elements, classifying it with either the Gaulish-Brythonic subgroup (P-Celtic languages) or the Goidelic subgroup (Q-Celtic languages). However, neither variant of the Celtic hypothesis explains the Pictish inscriptions; the words ccrroscc (“cross”) and maqq ~ meqq (“son”) are clearly of Goidelic origin and may be borrowings from Old Irish. Other linguists find no basis for relating Pictish to the Indo-European languages. Among Pictish proper nouns there are words of Celtic origin, which may be borrowings, and words of presumed pre-Indo-European origin. Pictish inscriptions contain many double consonants in all positions, with a typical inscription reading ETTOCUHETTS AHEHHT-TANNN HCCVVEVV NEHHTONS. This apparently points to a phonological opposition, perhaps of strong and weak consonants, not in Irish and not able to be represented by the usual means of the oghamic alphabet.

REFERENCE

The Problem of the Picts. Edited by F. T. Wainwright. New York, 1956.

A. B. DOLGOPOL’SKII

单词	pictish
释义	Pictish Pict·ish P0290350 (pĭk′tĭsh)adj. Of or relating to the Picts or their language or culture.n. The language of the Picts, of uncertain affiliation, known chiefly from place names and extinct by the tenth century. Pictish (ˈpɪktɪʃ) n (Languages) the language of the Picts, of which few records survive. Its origins are much disputed and it was extinct by about 900 adadj (Historical Terms) of or relating to the Picts Pict•ish (ˈpɪk tɪʃ) n. 1. the sparsely attested language or languages of the Picts, elements of which are apparently akin to British Celtic. adj. 2. of or pertaining to the Picts or their speech. [1700–10] Translations Pictish Pictish the language of the Picts, who inhabited Scotland and the neighboring islands until approximately the ninth century A.D.It was displaced by Scottish Gaelic and the Germanic languages. Information on Pictish is based in part on numerous undeciphered inscriptions from Scotland and the Shetland and Orkney Islands, usually written in the oghamic alphabet and sometimes in the Latin alphabet. It is also based on Scottish toponyms and Pictish names recorded in ancient and medieval sources. Some researchers regard Pictish as a Celtic language with pre-Indo-European substratum elements, classifying it with either the Gaulish-Brythonic subgroup (P-Celtic languages) or the Goidelic subgroup (Q-Celtic languages). However, neither variant of the Celtic hypothesis explains the Pictish inscriptions; the words ccrroscc (“cross”) and maqq ~ meqq (“son”) are clearly of Goidelic origin and may be borrowings from Old Irish. Other linguists find no basis for relating Pictish to the Indo-European languages. Among Pictish proper nouns there are words of Celtic origin, which may be borrowings, and words of presumed pre-Indo-European origin. Pictish inscriptions contain many double consonants in all positions, with a typical inscription reading ETTOCUHETTS AHEHHT-TANNN HCCVVEVV NEHHTONS. This apparently points to a phonological opposition, perhaps of strong and weak consonants, not in Irish and not able to be represented by the usual means of the oghamic alphabet. REFERENCE The Problem of the Picts. Edited by F. T. Wainwright. New York, 1956. A. B. DOLGOPOL’SKII
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Pictish

Pict·ish

Pictish

Pict•ish

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Pictish

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