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pocléim

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From poc +‎ léim. Calque of English buckjump.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pocléim f (genitive singular pocléime, nominative plural pocléimeanna)

  1. verbal noun of pocléim
  2. bound (sizable jump)
  3. buckjump

Declension

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Declension of pocléim (second declension)
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an phocléim na pocléimeanna
genitive na pocléime na bpocléimeanna
dative leis an bpocléim
don phocléim
leis na pocléimeanna

Derived terms

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Verb

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pocléim (present analytic pocléimeann, future analytic pocléimfidh, verbal noun pocléim, past participle pocléimthe)

  1. to buckjump
  2. to jump around, frisk, gambol, cavort

Conjugation

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of pocléim
radical lenition eclipsis
pocléim phocléim bpocléim

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

References

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  1. ^ pocléim”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 249, page 125

Further reading

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