óc

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oc"

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From hiatus form oäc, from early oëc, from Proto-Celtic *yuwankos (compare Welsh ieuanc and Breton yaouank), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós (compare English young).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oːɡ/

Adjective

óc (comparative oä, superlative oäm)

  1. young

Inflection

o/ā-stem
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative óc óc óc
vocative óic*
óc**
accusative óc óic
genitive óic óice óic
dative óc óic óc
plural masculine feminine/neuter
nominative óic óca
vocative ócu
óca†
accusative ócu
óca†
genitive óc
dative ócaib

*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Descendants

  • Irish: óg
  • Manx: aeg
  • Scottish Gaelic: òg
  • ⇒ Middle Irish: ócán

Noun

óc m

  1. young man
  2. warrior

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative óc ócL óicL
vocative óic ócL ócuH
accusative ócN ócL ócuH
genitive óicL óc ócN
dative ócL ócaib ócaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of óc
radical lenition nasalization
óc
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)		 óc n-óc

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), “óc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *c-ʔɔːk, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ʔuək ~ *huək (“brains”). Cognate with Bahnar 'ngok, Nyaheun tʔɔk and Besisi ʔatɔk.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔawk͡p̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔawk͡p̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔawk͡p̚˦˥]

Noun

(classifier bộ, khối) óc • (沃, 𩠭, 𫘴, 𫇂, 腛)

  1. (rather informal and literary) brain (organ)
    Synonym: não
    nhức đầu nhức óc ― having a painful headache
  2. brains (as food)
    óc heo ― pig brain
  3. (in compounds) a sense (of something)
    óc hài hước ― sense of humor
    óc sáng tạo ― creativity

Derived terms

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