piocóid

Irish

Etymology

piocóid

From pioc +‎ -óid.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpʲɨ̞kɔdʲ/

Noun

piocóid f (genitive singular piocóide, nominative plural piocóidí)

1. pick, pickaxe

Declension

Declension of piocóid

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative piocóid piocóidí Vocative a phiocóid a phiocóidí Genitive piocóide piocóidí Dative piocóid piocóidí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an phiocóid na piocóidí Genitive na piocóide na bpiocóidí Dative leis an bpiocóid don phiocóid leis na piocóidí

Derived terms

• aerphocóid (“pneumatic pick”)
• piocóid oighir (“ice axe”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
piocóid	phiocóid	bpiocóid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “piocóid”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “piocóid”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 543
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 38