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: 鹏程万里 (péng chéng wàn lǐ)

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.

1. ray (fish)

Declension

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.

1. wrinkle, crease, pucker

   Bhí roic sa léine.

   There were wrinkles in the shirt.

Declension

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			autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	rocaim	rocann tú; rocair†	rocann sé, sí	rocaimid	rocann sibh	rocann siad; rocaid†	roctar
	past	roc mé; rocas†	roc tú; rocais†	roc sé, sí	rocamar	roc sibh; rocabhair†	roc siad; rocadar†	rocadh
	future	rocfaidh mé; rocfad†	rocfaidh tú; rocfair†	rocfaidh sé, sí	rocfaimid; rocfam†	rocfaidh sibh	rocfaidh siad; rocfaid†	rocfar
	past habitual	rocainn	roctá	rocadh sé, sí	rocaimis	rocadh sibh	rocaidís	roctaí
imperative		rocaim	roc	rocadh sé, sí	rocaimis	rocaigí	rocaidís	roctar
conditional		rocfainn	rocfá	rocfadh sé, sí	rocfaimis	rocfadh sibh	rocfaidís	rocfaí
subjunctive	present	roca mé; rocad†	roca tú; rocair†	roca sé, sí	rocaimid	roca sibh	roca siad; rocaid†	roctar
	past	rocainn	roctá	rocadh sé, sí	rocaimis	rocadh sibh	rocaidís	roctaí
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