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English

Etymology 1

Clipping of dreadlock.

Alternative forms

Noun

loc (plural locs)

  1. (informal, usually in the plural) A dreadlock.
    • 2020 May 17, Helaine R. Williams, “LET'S TALK: Cutting 'locs good lesson in fulfillment”, in Arkansas Democrat-Gazette‎:
      Thinning hair can be especially disconcerting when one is trying to wear 'locs, also known as dreadlocks, which I'd first begun in late 2001. […] I finally fetched the shears and, cringing, cut off each 'loc at the point where new growth was coming in.
    • 2021, Nadia E. Brown, Danielle Casarez Lemi, Sister Style: The Politics of Appearance for Black Women Political Elites, New York, NY: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 25:
      Locs are another protective hairstyle that dates back to Africa. This rope-like hairstyle is achieved by matting the hair. Priests of the Ethiopian Coptic religion in 500 BCE wore locs, and the first archaeological evidence of locs comes from East Africa.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

loc (countable and uncountable, plural locs)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of LOC.

Etymology 3

Noun

loc (plural locs)

  1. (software engineering, translation studies) Clipping of localization.

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Adjective

loc (comparative more loc, superlative most loc)

  1. (US, slang) Clipping of loco (“crazy”).
Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *lātjā, from the same root as lot (“teardrop”).

Noun

loc m (plural loce, definite locja, definite plural locet)

  1. dear, darling

Related terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “loc”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 230

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin locus. Compare Daco-Romanian loc.

Noun

loc n (plural locuri)

  1. place, location
  2. land, soil, earth
  3. country, region

Synonyms

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish loc (“hindrance”), from Middle English lok.

Pronunciation

Noun

loc m (genitive singular loic, nominative plural loic)

  1. (obsolete) hindrance

Verb

loc (present analytic locann, future analytic locfaidh, verbal noun locadh, past participle loctha)

  1. Ulster form of loic (“to shirk, flinch”)

Conjugation

conjugation of loc (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present locaim locann tú;
locair† 		locann sé, sí locaimid locann sibh locann siad;
locaid† 		a locann; a locas loctar
past loc mé; locas loc tú; locais loc sé, sí locamar; loc muid loc sibh; locabhair loc siad; locadar a loc /
ar loc* 		locadh
past habitual locainn loctá locadh sé, sí locaimis; locadh muid locadh sibh locaidís; locadh siad a locadh /
a locadh* 		loctaí
future locfaidh mé;
locfad 		locfaidh tú;
locfair† 		locfaidh sé, sí locfaimid;
locfaidh muid 		locfaidh sibh locfaidh siad;
locfaid† 		a locfaidh; a locfas locfar
conditional locfainn locfá locfadh sé, sí locfaimis; locfadh muid locfadh sibh locfaidís; locfadh siad a locfadh /
a locfadh* 		locfaí
subjunctive present go loca mé;
go locad† 		go loca tú;
go locair† 		go loca sé, sí go locaimid;
go loca muid 		go loca sibh go loca siad;
go locaid† 		— go loctar
past dá locainn dá loctá dá locadh sé, sí dá locaimis;
dá locadh muid 		dá locadh sibh dá locaidís;
dá locadh siad 		— dá loctaí
imperative locaim loc locadh sé, sí locaimis locaigí;
locaidh† 		locaidís — loctar
verbal noun locadh
past participle loctha

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form

Further reading

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *lok (“shutter, lock”).

Pronunciation

Noun

loc n

  1. lock
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Basilus, Bishop"
      Uton belucan þas circan and loc geinseglian and ġe ealle siðþan waciað þreo niht wuniġende on gebedum and...
      Let us lock up this church, and seal the lock and do ye all afterward watch three nights, continuing in prayer and...'
  2. that by which anything is closed (e.g. bolt, bar, etc.)
  3. an enclosed space, enclosure, fold
Declension
Declension of loc (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative loc locu
accusative loc locu
genitive loces loca
dative loce locum
Descendants

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Interjection

lōc

  1. Alternative form of lōca

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Old English loc

Noun

loc oblique singular, m (oblique plural los, nominative singular los, nominative plural loc)

  1. lock
    • (Can we date this quote?), La Vie de St Thomas
      Mes a cel ore esteit a un grant loc fermee
      But at this hour, it was closed with a big lock

Derived terms

References

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *llog (whence Welsh llog), from Latin locus.

Pronunciation

Noun

loc m

  1. place (usually inhabited, or suited thereto)
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 23d23
      Cía thés hí loc bes ardu, ní ardu de; ní samlid són dúnni, air ⟨im⟩mi ardu-ni de tri dul isna lucu arda.
      Though he may go into a higher place, he is not the higher; this is not the case for us, for we are the higher through going into the high places.

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative loc locL luicL
Vocative luic locL lucuH
Accusative locN locL lucuH
Genitive luicL loc locN
Dative lucL locaib locaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
loc
also lloc after a proclitic 		loc
pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/ 		unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin locus.

Pronunciation

Noun

loc m (oblique plural locs, nominative singular locs, nominative plural loc)

  1. place

Descendants

References

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin locus

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lok/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ok

Noun

loc n (plural locuri)

  1. place, location

Declension

Declension of loc
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) loc locul (niște) locuri locurile
genitive/dative (unui) loc locului (unor) locuri locurilor
vocative locule locurilor

Derived terms

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See also

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English lock.

Noun

loc m (plural lociau, not mutable)

  1. lock (on a canal)

Etymology 2

Noun

loc

  1. Soft mutation of lloc (“enclosure, pen”).

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
lloc loc unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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