pocán

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish poc(c)án; synchronically, poc (“buck”) +‎ -án.

Noun

pocán m (genitive singular pocáin, nominative plural pocáin)

1. billy goat

Synonyms

• poc gabhair

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)

1. small bag
2. rind (of roast potato)
3. pollen basket (of bee)
4. (nautical) (net-)buoy

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

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative pocán pocáin Vocative a phocáin a phocána Genitive pocáin pocán Dative pocán pocáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an pocán na pocáin Genitive an phocáin na bpocán Dative leis an bpocán don phocán leis na pocáin

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

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Old Irish

Noun

pocán m

1. Alternative form of poccán (“he-goat”)

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
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