pocán

See also: pocan

Irish

Etymology 1

From poc (“buck”) +‎ -án.

Noun

pocán m (genitive singular pocáin, nominative plural pocáin)

  1. billy goat
Synonyms
Descendants
  • → English: puckaun, puckawn
  • → Yola: puckawne, puckane, pucane

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare póca (“pocket”).

Noun

pocán m (genitive singular pocáin, nominative plural pocáin)

  1. small bag
  2. rind (of roast potato)
  3. pollen basket (of bee)
  4. (nautical) (net-)buoy
Synonyms
  • (net-buoy): pocán eangaí
Derived terms
  • gob an phocáin
  • pocán barraigh
  • pocán milseán
  • práta pocáin

Declension

Declension of pocán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative pocán pocáin
vocative a phocáin a phocána
genitive pocáin pocán
dative pocán pocáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an pocán na pocáin
genitive an phocáin na bpocán
dative leis an bpocán
don phocán 		leis na pocáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of pocán
radical lenition eclipsis
pocán phocán bpocán

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

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