pocán

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish poc(c)án; synchronically, poc (“buck”) +‎ -án.

Noun

pocán m (genitive singular pocáin, nominative plural pocáin)

  1. billy goat
Synonyms

Etymology 2

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 (“poke”) (of bonnet)
  • pocán barraigh (“hempen (money-)bag”)
  • pocán milseán (“'poke', bag, of sweets”)
  • práta pocáin (“roast potato”) (especially as spoon-fed to child)

Declension
Declension of pocán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pocán pocáin
Vocative a phocáin a phocána
Genitive pocáin pocán
Dative pocán pocáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an pocán na pocáin
Genitive an phocáin na bpocán
Dative leis an bpocán

don phocán

 leis na pocáin

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
pocán phocán bpocán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Old Irish

Noun

pocán m

  1. Alternative form of poccán (“he-goat”)

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
pocán phocán pocán
pronounced with /b(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • “poc(c)án” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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