pocán

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See also: pocan

Irish

Etymology 1

From poc (“buck”) +‎ -án.

Noun

pocán m (genitive singular pocáin, nominative plural pocáin)

  1. billy goat
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Descendants
  • → English: puckaun
  • → Yola: puckawne, puckane, pucane

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare póca (“pocket”).

Noun

pocán m (genitive singular pocáin, nominative plural pocáin)

  1. small bag
  2. rind (of roast potato)
  3. pollen basket (of bee)
  4. (nautical) (net-)buoy
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Derived terms

Declension

Declension of pocán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pocán pocáin
Vocative a phocáin a phocána
Genitive pocáin pocán
Dative pocán pocáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an pocán na pocáin
Genitive an phocáin na bpocán
Dative leis an bpocán

don phocán

leis na pocáin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
pocán phocán bpocán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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