pocaire

Irish

Etymology

From poc (“buck”) +‎ -aire.

Noun

pocaire m (genitive singular pocaire, nominative plural pocairí)

1. buckjumper; romper, frolicker

Declension

Declension of pocaire (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative pocaire pocairí vocative a phocaire a phocairí genitive pocaire pocairí dative pocaire pocairí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an pocaire na pocairí genitive an phocaire na bpocairí dative leis an bpocaire don phocaire leis na pocairí

Derived terms

• pocaire gaoithe (“kestrel”)
• pocaire na mbánta (“magpie”)
• pocaireacht (“buckjumping”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of pocaire

radical	lenition	eclipsis
pocaire	phocaire	bpocaire

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) “pocaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN