roc
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Spanish rocho, ruc, from Arabic رُخّ (ruḵḵ), from Persian رخ (rox).
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
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.
SynonymsEdit
- peng (Chinese contexts)
TranslationsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
roc
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From roca.
NounEdit
roc m (plural rocs)
See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Persian رخ (rox), from Middle Persian lhw' (rox, “rook, castle (chess)”).
NounEdit
roc m (plural rocs)
- (obsolete) rook (chess piece)
- Synonym: torre
- (heraldry) rook (heraldic charge)
- (mythology) roc (mythological bird)
Further readingEdit
- “roc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Variant of roche.
NounEdit
roc m (plural rocs)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Old French roc, ultimately from Persian رخ (rox), from Middle Persian lhw' (rox, “rook, castle (chess)”), possibly from Sanskrit रथ (ratha, “chariot”).
NounEdit
roc m (plural rocs)
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “roc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
AnagramsEdit
InterlinguaEdit
NounEdit
roc (plural roches)
- rook (chess piece)
IrishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
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NounEdit
roc m (genitive singular roic, nominative plural roic)
- ray (fish)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
- roc ga nimhe (“stingray”)
- roc iolair (“eagle ray”)
- roc nimhe (“electric ray, numb-fish”)
Etymology 2Edit
From Old Irish roc (“wrinkle”).
NounEdit
roc m (genitive singular roic, nominative plural roic)
DeclensionEdit
VerbEdit
roc (present analytic rocann, future analytic rocfaidh, verbal noun rocadh, past participle roctha) (transitive, intransitive)
ConjugationEdit
* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “roc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
LatvianEdit
VerbEdit
roc
Middle FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French roc.
NounEdit
roc m (plural rocs)
ReferencesEdit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (roc)
Old FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Arabic رُخّ (ruḵḵ), from Persian رخ (rox).
NounEdit
roc m (oblique plural ros, nominative singular ros, nominative plural roc)
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (roc)
Old KhmerEdit
VerbEdit
roc
- Latin script form of រោច៑ (“to withdraw”)
NounEdit
roc
Old SaxonEdit
NounEdit
roc m
- Alternative spelling of rok
WelshEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
roc m (not mutable)
- rock (style of music)
- Synonym: cerddoriaeth roc
See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
- 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
ZazakiEdit
EtymologyEdit
Related to Persian روز (ruz).
NounEdit
roc (n)