roc

See also Roc, and ROC

English

Alternative forms

• roche
• rok
• rukh

Etymology

From Spanish rocho, ruc, from Arabic رخّ (rukhkh), from Persian رخ (rukh).

Pronunciation

• enPR: rŏk, IPA: /rɒk/, X-SAMPA: /rQk/
• Rhymes: -ɒk
• Homophone: rock

Noun

roc (plural rocs)

1. An enormous mythical bird in Eastern legend.
   • The Arabian Nights Entertainment. Tale 4. Sinbad. The Second Voyage.

     "By this time the sun was about to set, and all of a sudden the sky became as dark as if it had been covered with a thick cloud. I was much astonished at this sudden darkness, but much more when I found it occasioned by a bird of a monstrous size, that came flying toward me. I remembered that I had often heard mariners speak of a miraculous bird called Roc, and conceived that the great dome which I so much admired must be its egg. In short, the bird alighted, and sat over the egg. As I perceived her coming, I crept to the egg, so that I had before me one of the legs of the bird, which was as big as the trunk of a tree. I tied myself strongly to it with my turban, in hopes that the roc next morning would carry me with her out of this desert island. After having passed the night in this condition, the bird flew away as soon as it was daylight, and carried me so high, that I could not discern the earth;

Translations

an enormous mythical bird in Eastern legend

• Chinese: 鹏 (péng), 大鹏 (dàpéng)

Anagrams

• cor , Cor., CRO, OCR, orc, ORC

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French

Wikipedia ^fr

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʁɔk/

• roc

  (file)

Noun

roc m

1. rock
2. (dated, chess) rook

Synonyms

• (chess: a rook): tour

Anagrams

• cor

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Interlingua

Noun

roc (plural roches)

1. rook (chess piece)

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Irish

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɾˠɔk/

Etymology 1

Noun

roc m (genitive roic, nominative plural roic)

1. ray (fish)

Declension

Declension of roc

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative roc roic Vocative a roic a roca Genitive roic roc Dative roc roic

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an roc na roic Genitive an roic na roc Dative leis an roc don roc leis na roic

Etymology 2

From Old Irish roc (“wrinkle”).

Noun

roc m (genitive roic, nominative plural roic)

1. wrinkle, crease, pucker

   Bhí roic sa léine.

   There were wrinkles in the shirt.

Declension

Declension of roc

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative roc roic Vocative a roic a roca Genitive roic roc Dative roc roic

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an roc na roic Genitive an roic na roc Dative leis an roc don roc leis na roic

Verb

roc (present analytic rocann, future analytic rocfaidh, verbal noun rocadh, past participle roctha)

1. to wrinkle, crease, pucker
2. to corrugate
3. to kink
4. to crimp

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	rocaim	rocann tú; rocair†	rocann sé, sí	rocaimid	rocann sibh	rocann siad; rocaid†	a rocann; a rocas	roctar
	past	roc mé; rocas	roc tú; rocais	roc sé, sí	rocamar; roc muid	roc sibh; rocabhair	roc siad; rocadar	a roc	rocadh
	past habitual	rocainn	roctá	rocadh sé, sí	rocaimis; rocadh muid	rocadh sibh	rocaidís; rocadh siad	a rocadh	roctaí
	future	rocfaidh mé; rocfad	rocfaidh tú; rocfair†	rocfaidh sé, sí	rocfaimid; rocfaidh muid	rocfaidh sibh	rocfaidh siad; rocfaid†	a rocfaidh; a rocfas	rocfar
conditional		rocfainn	rocfá	rocfadh sé, sí	rocfaimis; rocfadh muid	rocfadh sibh	rocfaidís; rocfadh siad	a rocfadh	rocfaí
subjunctive	present	go roca mé; go rocad†	go roca tú; go rocair†	go roca sé, sí	go rocaimid; go roca muid	go roca sibh	go roca siad; go rocaid†	—	go roctar
	past	dá rocainn	dá roctá	dá rocadh sé, sí	dá rocaimis; dá rocadh muid	dá rocadh sibh	dá rocaidís; dá rocadh siad	—	dá roctaí
imperative		rocaim	roc	rocadh sé, sí	rocaimis	rocaigí; rocaidh†	rocaidís	—	roctar
verbal noun		rocadh
past participle		roctha

† Dialect form

Derived terms

• rocach

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Old French

Noun

roc m (oblique plural ros, nominative singular ros, nominative plural roc)

1. (chess) rook

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Old Saxon

Noun

roc m

1. Alternative spelling of rok.