stócach
Irish
editEtymology
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Pronunciation
editNoun
editstócach m (genitive singular stócaigh, nominative plural stócaigh)
- young (unmarried) man; full-grown youth
- boyfriend
- Synonym: buachaill
- go-between (of match-making)
- pole, mast
Declension
editDeclension of stócach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
edit- glas-stócach m (“callow youth; half-grown boy”)
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “stócach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “stócach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “stócach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024