noc

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See also: NOC, noć, nóc, nốc, noč, Noč, and nọc

Albanian

Noun

noc m (plural nocë)

  1. dwarf

Derived terms

References

  • Newmark, L. (1999) “noc”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *naucus (“trough”), from *naucula, diminutive of Latin navis (“ship”).

Noun

noc m (plural nocs)

  1. (textiles) fulling mill
  2. (tanning) pit where hides are soaked

Etymology 2

Verb

noc

  1. first-person singular present indicative of noure

Etymology 3

Verb

noc

  1. (Balearic) first-person singular present indicative of nocar

Czech

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech noc, from Proto-Slavic *noťь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
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  • Rhymes: -ots

Noun

noc f

  1. night, nighttime (period of time from sundown to sunup)

Declension

Declension of noc (mixed i-stem feminine)
singular plural
nominative noc noci
genitive noci nocí
dative noci nocím
accusative noc noci
vocative noci noci
locative noci nocích
instrumental nocí nocemi

Coordinate terms

(times of day) část dne; úsvit, ráno, dopoledne, poledne, odpoledne, podvečer, večer, soumrak, noc, půlnoc (Category: cs:Times of day)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • noc in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • noc in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • noc in Internetová jazyková příručka

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *noťь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɔt͡s/
  • Syllabification: noc

Noun

noc f (related adjective nocny)

  1. night, nighttime (period of time from sundown to sunup)
  2. south

Declension

Declension of noc
singular plural
nominative noc noce
genitive nocë noców
dative nocë nocóm
accusative noc noce
instrumental nocą nocama
locative nocë nocach
vocative noc noce

Derived terms

verbs

Related terms

nouns

Further reading

  • Stefan Ramułt (1893) “noc”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego‎ (in Kashubian), page 120
  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “noc”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volume 1, page 387
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “noc”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎, volume 2, page 176
  • “noc”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *noťь.

Pronunciation

Noun

noc f inan (diminutive nocka)

  1. night, nighttime (period of time from sundown to sunup)

Declension

Declension of noc
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative noc nocy nocy
Genitive nocy nocowu nocow
Dative nocy nocoma nocam
Accusative noc nocy nocy
Instrumental nocu nocoma nocami
Locative nocy nocoma nocach

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “noc”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “noc”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Masurian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish noc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Syllabification: noc

Noun

noc f (diminutive nockä, related adjective nocnÿ)

  1. night, nighttime (period of time from sundown to sunup)

Further reading

  • Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2021) “noc”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur‎, volume 4, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, pages 341-342

Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

noc m (plural nocs)

  1. (Jersey) downpipe

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *noťь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈnot͡s/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈnot͡s/

Noun

noc f

  1. night; nighttime (period between sundown and sunrise)

Declension

Declension of noc (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative noc noci noci
genitive noci nocú nocí
dative noci nocma nocem
accusative noc noci noci
vocative noci noci noci
locative noci nocú nocech
instrumental nocú nocma nocmi
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Coordinate terms

(times of day) část dne; úsvit, jutro/ráno, dopoledne, poledne, spoledne, nešpor, večer, súmrak, prvospi, noc, pólnoc (Category: zlw-ocs:Times of day)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Czech: noc

References

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *noťь. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /nɔt͡s/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /nɔt͡s/

Noun

noc f (diminutive nocny)

  1. night, nighttime (period of time from sundown to sunup)
    • 1887 [Fifteenth century], Lucjan Malinowski, editor, Modlitwy Wacława. Zabytek języka polskiego z wieku XV odkryty i skopjowany przez Aleksandra Przezdzieckiego wydał i objaśnił Lucyjan Malinowski‎, page 66a:
      Byszmy syę wtenczasz daly tobye, gdy nocz szmyerczy naszey przydzie
      [Bysmy się wtenczas dali tobie, gdy noc śmierci naszej przydzie]
  2. accommodation (place to sleep)
  3. corruption of moc
    • Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa‎, page 650:
      Kristus rzekl kv tlusczam...: To yest godzyna vascha y nocz czyemnosczy (potestas tenebrarum Luc 22, 53)
      [Krystus rzekł ku tłuszczam...: To jest godzina wasza i noc (moc) ciemności (potestas tenebrarum Luc 22, 53)]

Derived terms

adverbs
nouns
verbs

Related terms

adjectives
nouns

Descendants

References

Polish

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish noc.

Pronunciation

Noun

noc f (diminutive nocka, related adjective nocny)

  1. (countable) night, nighttime (period of time from sundown to sunup)
    Coordinate term: dzień
  2. (countable) night (event happening at night; evening or night spent at a particular activity)
  3. (uncountable) dark time (period in history perceived as decidedly evil and full of tragic events)
  4. (obsolete, uncountable) night (darkness)
    Synonym: ciemność
  5. (obsolete, countable) dark (secrecy; hiddenness)
  6. (obsolete, uncountable) daze, bewilderment, stupefaction
    Synonym: oszołomienie

Declension

Declension of noc
singular plural
nominative noc noce
genitive nocy nocy
dative nocy nocom
accusative noc noce
instrumental nocą nocami
locative nocy nocach
vocative nocy noce

Derived terms

adjectives
    adverbs
    idioms
    interjections
    nouns
    verbs
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    Trivia

    According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), noc is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 13 times in scientific texts, 30 times in news, 0 times in essays, 75 times in fiction, and 106 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 174 times, making it the 331st most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

    References

    1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “noc”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎ (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 293

    Further reading

    • noc in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • noc in Polish dictionaries at PWN
    • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “noc”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
    • “NOC”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 05.05.2009
    • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “noc”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎
    • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “noc”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎
    • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1904), “noc”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎ (in Polish), volume 3, Warsaw, page 399

    Silesian

    Etymology

    Inherited from Old Polish noc.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    noc f (related adjective nocny)

    1. night, nighttime (period of time from sundown to sunup)

    Declension

    Declension of noc
    singular plural
    nominative noc noce
    genitive nocy nocy
    dative nocy nocōm
    accusative noc noce
    instrumental nocōm nocami/nocōma
    locative nocy nocach
    vocative nocy noce

    Further reading

    • noc in silling.org

    Slovak

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    Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *noťь.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    noc f (genitive singular noci, nominative plural noci, declension pattern of kosť)

    1. night, nighttime (period of time from sundown to sunup)

    Declension

    Declension of noc
    singular plural
    nominative noc noci
    genitive noci nocí
    dative noci nociam
    accusative noc noci
    locative noci nociach
    instrumental nocou nocami

    Derived terms

    References

    • “noc”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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