póc

See also: poc, POC, PoC, pôc, poč, poç, and рос

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin (dare) pācem (“to give peace”) (originally a kiss as a sign of peace during a mass), via Brythonic.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /poːɡ/

Noun

póc f (genitive póice, nominative plural póca)

  1. kiss

Inflection
Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative pócL póicL pócaH
Vocative pócL póicL pócaH
Accusative póicN póicL pócaH
Genitive póiceH pócL pócN
Dative póicL pócaib pócaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms
  • pócnat

Descendants
  • Middle Irish: póc
  • ⇒ Middle Irish: pócad
  • ⇒ Middle Irish: pócaid

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

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