ponc

See also: Ponç, poñc, pōńć, and ponč

Catalan

Verb

ponc

1. first-person singular present indicative of pondre

Irish

Etymology

Old Irish ponc, punc, from Latin punctum. Doublet of pointe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pˠʊŋk/

Noun

ponc m (genitive singular poinc, nominative plural poncanna)

1. point
   1. dot
   2. full stop, period

      Synonym: lánstad

   3. detail
   4. (cricket) point (fielding position between gully and cover)

      Synonym: pointe

Declension

Declension of ponc

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ponc poncanna Vocative a phoinc a phoncanna Genitive poinc poncanna Dative ponc poncanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an ponc na poncanna Genitive an phoinc na bponcanna Dative leis an bponc don phonc leis na poncanna

Derived terms

• i bponc (“in a fix”)
• líne poncanna m (“dotted line”)
• ponc séimhithe (“point of lenition”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ponc	phonc	bponc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ponc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ponc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ponc”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ponc”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from West Midlands English bonk, a dialectal variant of bank.

Noun

ponc f (plural ponciau or poncydd)

1. hillock, knoll

   Synonyms: bryncyn, twyn, crug, twmpath

2. speed bump, sleeping policeman

   Synonym: atalfa gyflymder

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
ponc	bonc	mhonc	phonc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.