póca

See also: poca, pòca, poça, and роса

Irish

Etymology

From Old Northern French poque, poke (“bag, sack”), from Frankish *pokō (“pouch”), from Proto-Germanic *pukô (“bag, pouch”), from Proto-Indo-European *bewk-, *bew- (“to blow, swell”). Cognate with English pouch and pocket.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠoːkə/
• (Ulster) 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
• ceamara póca
• ciarsúr póca
• eagrán póca
• fleasc póca
• gloine phóca
• lampa póca
• leabhar póca
• liopa póca
• mioncheamara póca
• naipcín póca
• piocadh pócaí
• piocaire póca
• piostal póca
• póca ascaille
• póca brollaigh
• póca fiaigh
• póca tóna
• póca uaireadóra
• scian phóca
• sladadh pócaí
• tóirse póca
• veidhlín póca

 

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
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 65

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.

Venetian

Noun

póca f (plural póche) (Masculine: póco)

1. a little