pioc

Catalan

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [piˈɔk]

Noun

pioc m (plural piocs, feminine pioca)

1. turkeycock, turkey

   Synonyms: gall dindi, indiot

2. (derogatory) dimwit

Adjective

pioc (feminine pioca, masculine plural piocs, feminine plural pioques)

1. sickly

   Synonym: malaltís

Further reading

• “pioc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “pioc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʲʊk/
• (Munster) IPA^(key): /pʲɯk/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle English picken, from Proto-Germanic *pikōną.

Verb

pioc (present analytic piocann, future analytic piocfaidh, verbal noun piocadh, past participle pioctha)

1. to pick (grasp and pull with fingers; remove a fruit or plant for consumption; decide between options)
2. to preen

Conjugation

conjugation of pioc (first conjugation – A)

verbal noun	piocadh
past participle	pioctha
tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative
present	piocaim	piocann tú; piocair†	piocann sé, sí	piocaimid	piocann sibh	piocann siad; piocaid†	a phiocann; a phiocas / a bpiocann*	pioctar
past	phioc mé; phiocas	phioc tú; phiocais	phioc sé, sí	phiocamar; phioc muid	phioc sibh; phiocabhair	phioc siad; phiocadar	a phioc / ar phioc*	piocadh
past habitual	phiocainn / bpiocainn‡‡	phioctá / bpioctᇇ	phiocadh sé, sí / bpiocadh sé, s퇇	phiocaimis; phiocadh muid / bpiocaimis‡‡; bpiocadh muid‡‡	phiocadh sibh / bpiocadh sibh‡‡	phiocaidís; phiocadh siad / bpiocaidís‡‡; bpiocadh siad‡‡	a phiocadh / a bpiocadh*	phioctaí / bpiocta퇇
future	piocfaidh mé; piocfad	piocfaidh tú; piocfair†	piocfaidh sé, sí	piocfaimid; piocfaidh muid	piocfaidh sibh	piocfaidh siad; piocfaid†	a phiocfaidh; a phiocfas / a bpiocfaidh*	piocfar
conditional	phiocfainn / bpiocfainn‡‡	phiocfá / bpiocfᇇ	phiocfadh sé, sí / bpiocfadh sé, s퇇	phiocfaimis; phiocfadh muid / bpiocfaimis‡‡; bpiocfadh muid‡‡	phiocfadh sibh / bpiocfadh sibh‡‡	phiocfaidís; phiocfadh siad / bpiocfaidís‡‡; bpiocfadh siad‡‡	a phiocfadh / a bpiocfadh*	phiocfaí / bpiocfa퇇
subjunctive
present	go bpioca mé; go bpiocad†	go bpioca tú; go bpiocair†	go bpioca sé, sí	go bpiocaimid; go bpioca muid	go bpioca sibh	go bpioca siad; go bpiocaid†	—	go bpioctar
past	dá bpiocainn	dá bpioctá	dá bpiocadh sé, sí	dá bpiocaimis; dá bpiocadh muid	dá bpiocadh sibh	dá bpiocaidís; dá bpiocadh siad	—	dá bpioctaí
imperative
–	piocaim	pioc	piocadh sé, sí	piocaimis	piocaigí; piocaidh†	piocaidís	—	pioctar

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms

• pioc ar

Etymology 2

Noun

pioc m (genitive singular pioc)

1. bit, jot, whit, iota

   Bhí sé gach uile phioc chomh gléasta agus dá mba ea. ― It was every bit as shiny as could be.

2. (chiefly in the negative) nothing
3. particle (as of flesh)

Declension

Declension of pioc (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative pioc vocative a phioc genitive pioc dative pioc forms with the definite article case singular nominative an pioc genitive an phioc dative leis an bpioc don phioc

Synonyms

• dada

Mutation

Mutated forms of pioc

radical	lenition	eclipsis
pioc	phioc	bpioc

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) “pioc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “pioc”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “pioc”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025