pocán
Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish poc(c)án; synchronically, poc (“buck”) + -án.
Noun
pocán m (genitive singular pocáin, nominative plural pocáin)
Synonyms
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare póca (“pocket”).
Noun
pocán m (genitive singular pocáin, nominative plural pocáin)
Synonyms
- (net-buoy): pocán eangaí
Derived terms
- gob an phocáin (“poke”) (of bonnet)
- pocán barraigh (“hempen (money-)bag”)
- pocán milseán (“'poke', bag, of sweets”)
- práta pocáin (“roast potato”) (especially as spoon-fed to child)
Declension
Declension of pocán
Mutation
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pocán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “poc(c)án”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Irish
Noun
pocán m
- Alternative form of poccán (“he-goat”)
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
pocán | phocán or unchanged |
pocán pronounced with /b(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “poc(c)án”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language