hocas

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle English hockes, plural of hock (“mallow”). Compare Welsh hocys.

Noun

hocas m (genitive singular hocais, nominative plural hocais)

mallow

Declension

Declension of hocas (first declension)

bare forms
case	singular	plural
nominative	hocas	hocais
vocative	a hocais	a hocasa
genitive	hocais	hocas
dative	hocas	hocais

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an hocas	na hocais
genitive	an hocais	na hocas
dative	leis an hocas don hocas	leis na hocais

Derived terms

hocas ard (“tree-mallow”)
hocas Francach (“dwarf mallow”)
hocas gairdín (“hollyhock”)
hocas muscach (“musk mallow”)
hocas tae (“red bartsia”)
rós-hocas (“rose mallow”)

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “hocas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxoː.kɑs/,

Noun

hōcas

nominative/accusative plural of hōc

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