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Translingual
Symbol
poc
( international standards ) ISO 639-3 language code for Poqomam .
See also
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Latin paucus .
Pronunciation
Determiner
poc (feminine poca , masculine plural pocs , feminine plural poques )
little , not much
few , not many
a few , not a lot of
Synonyms
Derived terms
Adverb
poc
little , not much
rarely , not often
Further reading
“poc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear , Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish boc , pocc , poc ( “ he-goat ” ) , from Old English bucca .
Noun
poc m (genitive singular poic , nominative plural poic )
buck ( male deer, goat, etc. )
butt ( as from goat )
( hurling ) puck , stroke of stick, stroke of play
puck ( of cattle )
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977 ) “poc ”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla , Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “2 boc ”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “poc(c) ”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old English
Noun
poc m
alternative form of pocc
Portuguese
Etymology
Onomatopoeic . Imitative of the sound made by high heels.
Pronunciation
Noun
poc f (plural pocs )
( Brazil , gay slang , colloquial ) an effeminate gay man
2021 September 6, Wagner Jales, Príncipes Encantados , Wagner Jales, page 58 :Só que eu também não gosto de festa tão cheia de veado assim. Olha aquela poc . (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Romanian
Etymology
Onomatopoeic .
Interjection
poc
bang