loca

See also: lóca and LOCA

English

Noun

loca

1. plural of locum

Anagrams

• ALCO, Acol, COLA, Calo, Caló, Coal., LCAO, alco, alco-, coal, cola

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠɔkə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠʌkə/

Etymology 1

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Noun

loca m (genitive singular loca, nominative plural locaí)

1. enclosure, pen, corral, fold

   Synonyms: cró, pionna

2. park, parking-place

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

loca m (genitive singular loca, nominative plural locaí)

1. (of hair, wool) lock
2. (in plural) side whiskers
3. tuft, handful; small quantity

Declension

Declension of loca

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative loca locaí Vocative a loca a locaí Genitive loca locaí Dative loca locaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an loca na locaí Genitive an loca na locaí Dative leis an loca don loca leis na locaí

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “loca”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “loca”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “loca”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Italian

Verb

loca

1. third-person singular present indicative of locare
2. second-person singular imperative of locare

Anagrams

• calo, calò, cola, colà

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) locā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of locō

Noun

(deprecated template usage) loca

1. nominative plural of locus
2. accusative plural of locus
3. vocative plural of locus

References

• loca in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *lukô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlo.kɑ/

Noun

loca ?

1. locked enclosure

Descendants

• Middle English: loke
  • English: loke

Etymology 2

Possibly an imperative form of lōcian, from Proto-Germanic *lōkōną. See also lo (from Old English lā).

Alternative forms

• lōc

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /loːk/

Interjection

lōc

1. look, see here
2. -ever

   Lōc hwæt hæbbe tȳn fēt

   Whatever may have ten feet

   Lōc hwǣr ic hit gefriþod wille habban

   Wherever I will have it protected

Descendants

• Middle English: loke (loke what, loke when, loke who, loke hou)
  • English: look (look you)

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Portuguese

Verb

loca

1. third-person singular present indicative of locar
2. second-person singular imperative of locar

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈloka/ [ˈlo.ka]

Adjective

loca

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine singular of adjective loco.

Noun

loca f (plural locas)

1. (deprecated template usage) feminine equivalent of loco
2. (derogatory) a madwoman
3. (slang) an effeminate man or boy
4. (slang) a very flirtatious homosexual man or boy

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Turkish

Etymology

From Italian loggia.

Noun

loca (definite accusative locayı, plural localar)

1. (masonic) lodge
2. box (in theaters)

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	loca
Definite accusative	locayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	loca	localar
Definite accusative	locayı	locaları
Dative	locaya	localara
Locative	locada	localarda
Ablative	locadan	localardan
Genitive	locanın	locaların