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

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)
    indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous
    first second third first second third
    present piocaim piocann tú;
    piocair†     		piocann sé, sí piocaimid; piocann muid piocann sibh piocann siad;
    piocaid†     		a phiocann; a phiocas pioctar
    past phioc mé; phiocas phioc tú; phiocais phioc sé, sí phiocamar; phioc muid phioc sibh; phiocabhair phioc siad; phiocadar a phioc piocadh
    past habitual phiocainn /
    piocainn‡     		phioctá /
    pioctᇠ    		phiocadh sé, sí /
    piocadh sé, sí‡     		phiocaimis; phiocadh muid /
    piocaimis‡; piocadh muid‡     		phiocadh sibh /
    piocadh sibh‡     		phiocaidís; phiocadh siad /
    piocaidís‡; piocadh siad‡     		a phiocadh phioctaí /
    pioctaí‡
    singular plural direct relative autonomous
    first second third first second third
    future piocfaidh mé;
    piocfad     		piocfaidh tú;
    piocfair†     		piocfaidh sé, sí piocfaimid;
    piocfaidh muid     		piocfaidh sibh piocfaidh siad;
    piocfaid†     		a phiocfaidh; a phiocfas piocfar
    conditional phiocfainn /
    piocfainn‡     		phiocfá /
    piocfᇠ    		phiocfadh sé, sí /
    piocfadh sé, sí‡     		phiocfaimis; phiocfadh muid /
    piocfaimis‡; piocfadh muid‡     		phiocfadh sibh /
    piocfadh sibh‡     		phiocfaidís; phiocfadh siad /
    piocfaidís‡; piocfadh siad‡     		a phiocfadh phiocfaí /
    piocfaí‡
    subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous
    first second third first second third
    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 singular plural direct relative autonomous
    first second third first second third
    — piocaim pioc piocadh sé, sí piocaimis piocaigí;
    piocaidh†     		piocaidís — pioctar
    past participle pioctha
    verbal noun piocadh

    † archaic or dialect form
    ‡ dependent form

    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, § 170, page 87

      Further reading

      • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “pioc”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 841; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
      • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “pioc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
      • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “pioc”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
      • “pioc”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
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