poc

poc

See also: POC, PoC, poç, and póc

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin paucus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, small”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔk/
• Rhymes: -ɔk

Determiner

poc (feminine poca, masculine plural pocs, feminine plural poques)

1. little, not much
2. few, not many
3. a few, not a lot of

Synonyms

• una mica de

Adverb

poc

1. little, not much
2. rarely, not often

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish boc, pocc, poc (“he-goat”), from Old English bucca.

Noun

poc m (genitive singular poic, nominative plural poic)

1. buck (male deer, goat, etc.)
2. butt (as from goat)
3. (hurling) puck, stroke of stick, stroke of play
4. puck (of cattle)

Declension

Declension of poc

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative poc poic Vocative a phoic a phoca Genitive poic poc Dative poc poic

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an poc na poic Genitive an phoic na bpoc Dative leis an bpoc don phoc leis na poic

Derived terms

Derived terms

• poc aosán (“sudden, mysterious bout of illness”)
• poc mearaidh (“touch of insanity”)
• poc tinnis (“bout of illness”)
• (buck):
  • poc gabhair, pocán (“billy goat”)
  • poc fionn (“male fallow deer”)

• (hurling):
  • poc báire (“stroke”)
  • poc cúil (“puckout”)
  • poc sleasa (“sideline cut, side puck”)
  • poc saor (“free, free puck”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
poc	phoc	bpoc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• "poc" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “2 boc”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “poc(c)”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN