óc

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oc"

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• oac
• oëc (early)

Etymology

From hiatus form oac, from early oëc, from Proto-Celtic *yuwankos (compare Welsh ieuanc and Breton yaouank), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós (compare English young).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoːɡ/

Adjective

óc (comparative óa, superlative óam)

1. young

Inflection

o/ā-stem

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	óc	óc	óc
vocative	óic* óc**
accusative	óc	óic
genitive	óic	óice	óic
dative	óc	óic	óc
plural	masculine	feminine/neuter
nominative	óic	óca
vocative	ócu óca†
accusative	ócu óca†
genitive	óc
dative	ócaib

*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Descendants

• Irish: óg
• Manx: aeg
• Scottish Gaelic: òg
• ⇒ Middle Irish: ócán
  • Irish: ógán
  • Manx: aegan
  • Scottish Gaelic: ògan

Noun

óc m

1. young man
2. warrior

Inflection

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	óc	ócL	óicL
vocative	óic	ócL	ócuH
accusative	ócN	ócL	ócuH
genitive	óicL	óc	ócN
dative	ócL	ócaib	ócaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of óc

radical	lenition	nasalization
óc (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	óc	n-óc

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “óc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔawk͡p̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔawk͡p̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔawk͡p̚˦˥]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *c-ʔɔːk, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ʔuək ~ *huək (“brains”). Cognate with Bahnar 'ngok, Nyaheun tʔɔk and Besisi ʔatɔk.

Noun

óc • (沃, 𩠭, 𫘴, 𫇂, 腛) (classifier bộ, khối)

1. (rather informal and literary) brain (organ)

   Synonym: não

   nhức đầu nhức óc ― having a painful headache

2. brains (as food)

   óc heo ― pig brain

3. (in compounds) a sense (of something)

   óc hài hước ― sense of humor

   óc sáng tạo ― creativity

Derived terms

• đầu óc
• đinh tai nhức óc
• màng óc
• nát óc
• nặn óc
• óc chó
• trí óc
• vắt óc

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Cognate with Muong hốc”)

Alternative forms

• ốc

Verb

óc • (沃, 𠴎, 屋, 喔)

1. (obsolete) to call; to name
   • 12th or 15th century, 佛說大報父母恩重經 [Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ơn trọng kinh], page 32a:

     經尼沃𱺵大報父母恩重經

     Kinh này óc là Đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh.

     This sutra is called the Sutra of Filial Piety.

Derived terms

• óc gọi

Anagrams

• có