pioc

Catalan

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  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

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʲʊk/
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /pʲɯk/[1]

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

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.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 87

Further reading

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