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English
Etymology 1
Abbreviation of sociology and social.
Pronunciation
Noun
soc (countable and uncountable, plural socs)
- (slang, uncountable) Sociology or social science.
- (slang, countable) Upper class youth.
1967, S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders, page 2:We get jumped by the Socs. I'm not sure how you spell it, but it's the abbreviation for the Socials, the jet set, the West-side rich kids.
Etymology 2
Clipping of society.
Noun
soc (plural socs)
- (UK, university slang) A society (circle, club, interest group).
Are you part of any socs this year?
Derived terms
- -soc (society-name-forming suffix)
Etymology 3
From Middle English soke, sok, soc, from Old English sōcn. More at soke.
Pronunciation
Noun
soc (uncountable)
- (UK, law, historical) The lord's power or privilege of holding a court in a district, as in manor or lordship; jurisdiction of causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction.
- Synonym: soke
1869, George Norton, Commentaries on the History, Constitution, and Chartered Franchises of the City of London, page 96:As proprietors of the soc, the lords claimed a great number of fees and perquisites, payable by all classes of people, whether free or servile, who negotiated any affairs within the soc, and which no doubt formed in themselves a considerable source of revenue.
2001, Theodore Frank Thomas Plucknett, A Concise History of the Common Law, page 96:Doubts have recently been cast upon Maitland's view that the Anglo-Saxon "sac and soc" included the right to hold a petty court, to compel tenants to attend it, and to take profits from it.
- (UK, obsolete) An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grinding all the corn used within the manor or township in which the mill stands.
Derived terms
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology 1
Compare soca (“trunk”).
Pronunciation
Noun
soc m (plural socs)
- stump (of a tree)
- block (of an anvil)
- block, chock (for preventing movement of a wheel)
Etymology 2
Inherited from Latin soccus (“slipper”). Compare Spanish zueco.
Pronunciation
Noun
soc m (plural socs)
- clog (wooden shoe)
- Synonym: esclop
- shoe (of a brake)
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Arabic سُوق (sūq, “market”).
Pronunciation
Noun
soc m or f (plural socs)
- souq
Etymology 4
From Latin sum. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Is there an etymological source for the final /k/?”)
Pronunciation
Verb
soc
- first-person singular present indicative of ser
- first-person singular present indicative of ésser
Etymology 5
Pronunciation
Noun
soc m (plural socs)
- (dialectal) Alternative form of solc (“furrow; groove”)
Further reading
Chinese
Etymology
From clipping of English society.
Pronunciation
Noun
soc
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, university slang) society
French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *soccus, a word borrowed from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *sukkos (literally “pig's snout”) (compare Middle Irish socc, Welsh swch (“plowshare”)), from Proto-Indo-European *suH-.
Pronunciation
Noun
soc m (plural socs)
- plowshare
- (butchery) Boston butt
Further reading
Anagrams
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish socc (“pig’s snout”), from Proto-Celtic *sukkos (“pig”) (compare Welsh hwch), from Proto-Indo-European *suH-.
Pronunciation
Noun
soc m (genitive singular soic, nominative plural soic)
- snout, muzzle (of an animal)
- nozzle
- the projecting end of something, such as:
- soc camáin ― toe of a hurley
- soc eitleáin, roicéid, báid srl. ― nose of an airplane, rocket, boat etc.
- soc céachta ― plowshare
- soc inneonach ― horn of an anvil
Declension
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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soc
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shoc after an, tsoc
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not applicable
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- “soc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “soc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “soc”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 666
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “soc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 39
Old English
Pronunciation
Verb
sōc
- first/third-person singular preterite indicative of sacan
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *sokk.
Noun
soc m
- sock
Descendants
Portuguese
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Interjection
soc
- pow (the sound of a punch)
Romanian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin sabūcus, variant of sambūcus.
Pronunciation
Noun
soc m (plural soci)
- elder (plant)
Declension
Declension of soc
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singular
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plural
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indefinite articulation
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definite articulation
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indefinite articulation
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definite articulation
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nominative/accusative
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(un) soc
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socul
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(niște) soci
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socii
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genitive/dative
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(unui) soc
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socului
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(unor) soci
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socilor
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vocative
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socule
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socilor
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Derived terms
Swedish
Etymology 1
Clipping of socialtjänsten (“the social services”).
Noun
soc
- (colloquial) the social services
- Synonym: socialtjänsten
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Clipping of socialbidrag (“welfare”).
Noun
soc
- (colloquial) welfare (government financial assistance)
- Synonym: socialbidrag
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