póca

See also: poca, pòca, poça, and роса

Irish

Etymology

From Middle English poke, from Old Northern French poke (“bag, sack”), from Frankish *pokō (“pouch”), from Proto-Germanic *pukô (“bag, pouch”), from Proto-Indo-European *bewk-, *bew- (“to blow, swell”). Cognate with English poke (“bag”), pouch, and pocket.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠoːkə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠɔːkə/
• Homophones: pógtha, pógfaidh (some pronunciations)

Noun

póca m (genitive singular póca, nominative plural pócaí)

1. pocket

Declension

Declension of póca (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative póca pócaí vocative a phóca a phócaí genitive póca pócaí dative póca pócaí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an póca na pócaí genitive an phóca na bpócaí dative leis an bpóca don phóca leis na pócaí

Derived terms

• airgead póca
• ceamara póca
• ciarsúr póca
• eagrán póca
• fleasc póca
• gloine phóca
• lampa póca
• leabhar póca
• liopa póca
• mioncheamara póca
• naipcín póca
• piocadh pócaí
• piocaire póca
• piostal póca
• póca ascaille
• póca brollaigh
• póca fiaigh
• póca tóna
• póca uaireadóra
• scian phóca
• sladadh pócaí
• tóirse póca
• veidhlín póca

Mutation

Mutated forms of póca

radical	lenition	eclipsis
póca	phóca	bpóca

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “póca”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoːɡa/

Noun

póca

1. nominative/vocative/accusative plural of póc

Mutation

Mutation of póca

radical	lenition	nasalization
póca	phóca or unchanged	póca pronounced with /b(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Venetan

Noun

póca f (plural póche) (Masculine: póco)

1. a little