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Webster 1913 Edition
Pocan
Po′can
,Noun.
(Bot.)
The poke (
Phytolacca decandra
); – called also pocan bush
. Definition 2024
pocán
pocán
Irish
Noun
pocán m (genitive singular pocáin, nominative plural pocáin)
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Compare póca (“pocket”).
Noun
pocán m (genitive singular pocáin, nominative plural pocáin)
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
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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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
- "pocán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “poc(c)án” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Old Irish
Noun
pocán m
- Alternative form of poccán (“he-goat”)
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| 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.