roc
English edit
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Etymology 1 edit
Spanish rocho, ruc, from Arabic رُخّ (ruḵḵ), from Persian رخ (rox).
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Noun edit
roc (plural rocs)
- An enormous mythical bird in Eastern legend.
- The Arabian Nights Entertainment. Tale 4. Sinbad. The Second Voyage.
- "By this time the sun was about to set, and all of a sudden the sky became as dark as if it had been covered with a thick cloud. I was much astonished at this sudden darkness, but much more when I found it occasioned by a bird of a monstrous size, that came flying toward me. I remembered that I had often heard mariners speak of a miraculous bird called Roc, and conceived that the great dome which I so much admired must be its egg. In short, the bird alighted, and sat over the egg. As I perceived her coming, I crept to the egg, so that I had before me one of the legs of the bird, which was as big as the trunk of a tree. I tied myself strongly to it with my turban, in hopes that the roc next morning would carry me with her out of this desert island. After having passed the night in this condition, the bird flew away as soon as it was daylight, and carried me so high, that I could not discern the earth;
- The Arabian Nights Entertainment. Tale 4. Sinbad. The Second Voyage.
Synonyms edit
- peng (Chinese contexts)
Translations edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
roc
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From roca.
Noun edit
roc m (plural rocs)
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Persian رخ (rox), from Middle Persian lhw' (rox, “rook, castle (chess)”).
Noun edit
roc m (plural rocs)
- (obsolete) rook (chess piece)
- Synonym: torre
- (heraldry) rook (heraldic charge)
- (mythology) roc (mythological bird)
Further reading edit
- “roc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Variant of roche.
Noun edit
roc m (plural rocs)
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Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Old French roc, ultimately from Persian رخ (rox), from Middle Persian lhw' (rox, “rook, castle (chess)”), possibly from Sanskrit रथ (ratha, “chariot”).
Noun edit
roc m (plural rocs)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “roc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Interlingua edit
Noun edit
roc (plural roches)
- rook (chess piece)
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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Noun edit
roc m (genitive singular roic, nominative plural roic)
- ray (fish)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
- roc ga nimhe (“stingray”)
- roc iolair (“eagle ray”)
- roc nimhe (“electric ray, numb-fish”)
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Irish roc (“wrinkle”).
Noun edit
roc m (genitive singular roic, nominative plural roic)
Declension edit
Verb edit
roc (present analytic rocann, future analytic rocfaidh, verbal noun rocadh, past participle roctha) (transitive, intransitive)
Conjugation edit
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
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References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “roc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Latvian edit
Verb edit
roc
- inflection of rakt:
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French roc.
Noun edit
roc m (plural rocs)
Descendants edit
- French: roc
References edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (roc)
Old French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic رُخّ (ruḵḵ), from Persian رخ (rox).
Noun edit
roc oblique singular, m (oblique plural ros, nominative singular ros, nominative plural roc)
Descendants edit
References edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (roc)
Old Khmer edit
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roc
- Latin script form of រោច៑ (“to withdraw”)
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roc
Old Saxon edit
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roc m
- Alternative spelling of rok
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
roc m (not mutable)
- rock (style of music)
- Synonym: cerddoriaeth roc
See also edit
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “roc”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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roc (n)