óc

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oc"

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• óac (early)

Etymology

From earlier óac, from Proto-Celtic *yowankos (compare Welsh ieuanc), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós (compare English young).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oːɡ/

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

Derived terms

• ócán

Descendants

• Irish: óg
• Manx: aeg
• Scottish Gaelic: òg

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

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
óc	unchanged	n-óc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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

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Vietnamese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔawk͡p̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔawk͡p̚˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔawk͡p̚˦˥]

Noun

(classifier bộ, khối) óc • (𩠭, 𫇂, 𫘴)

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

   Synonym: não

2. brains (as food)
3. (in compounds) a sense (of something)

   óc hài hước

   sense of humor

Derived terms

Derived terms

• đầu óc
• óc chó
• trí óc