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
  • Irish: póg
  • Manx: paag
  • Scottish Gaelic: pòg
• ⇒ Middle Irish: pócad
  • Irish: pógadh
• ⇒ Middle Irish: pócaid
  • Irish: póg (verb)

Mutation

Mutation of póc

radical	lenition	nasalization
póc	phóc or unchanged	póc pronounced with /b(ʲ)-/

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “póc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language