póca

See also: poca, pòca, poça, and роса

Irish

Etymology

From , poke (“bag, sack”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *pokka (“pouch”), from Proto-Germanic *puk-, *pūka- (“bag, pouch”), from Proto-Indo-European *buk-, *bu-, *beu- (“to blow, swell”). Cognate with English pouch and pocket.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpˠoːkə]
• IPA^(key): [ˈpˠɔːkə]

Noun

póca m (genitive singular póca, nominative plural pócaí)

1. pocket

Declension

Declension of póca

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative póca pócaí Vocative a phóca a phócaí Genitive póca pócaí Dative póca pócaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an póca na pócaí Genitive an phóca na bpócaí Dative leis an bpóca don phóca leis na pócaí

Derived terms

• airgead póca m (“pocket-money”)
• ceamara póca (“pocket camera”)
• ciarsúr póca m, naipcín póca m (“pocket handkerchief”)
• eagrán póca (“pocket edition”)
• fleasc póca (“hip-flask”)
• gloine phóca (“pocket lens”)
• lampa póca m (“flash-lamp”)
• lán póca (“pocketful”)
• leabhar póca m (“pocket-book”)
• liopa póca m (“flap of pocket”)
• mioncheamara póca (“vest-pocket camera”)
• piocadh pócaí, sladadh pócaí (“pocket-picking”)
• piocaire póca m (“pick-pocket”)
• piostal póca m (“pocket-pistol”)
• póca ascaille m (“inside breast-pocket”)
• póca bríste m (“trouser-pocket”)
• póca brollaigh (“breast-pocket”)
• póca casóige m (“coat-pocket”)
• póca fiaigh (“poacher-pocket”)
• póca tóna m (“hip-pocket”)
• póca uaireadóra (“fob, watch-pocket”)
• póca veiste m (“vest-pocket”)
• scian phóca f (“pocket-knife, penknife”)
• tóirse póca (“pocket lamp”)
• veidhlín póca (“kit violin”)

 

Related terms

• sparán m (“purse”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
póca	phóca	bpóca
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “póca”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoːɡa/

Noun

póca

1. nominative/vocative/accusative plural of póc

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
póca	phóca or unchanged	póca pronounced with /b(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Venetian

Noun

póca f (plural póche) (Masculineine: póco)

1. A little