-óc

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oc"

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *-ọg, from Proto-Celtic *-ākos. Doublet of -ach.^[1]

Suffix

-óc f

Diminutive suffix.
‎tu (“your”) + ‎med (“weight?”) + ‎-óc → ‎Tu-Medóc (hypocoristic)

‎do (“your”) + ‎bec (“little”) + ‎-óc → ‎Do-Becóc (hypocoristic)

‎mo (“my”) + ‎cíar (“black”) + ‎-óc → ‎Mo-Chíaróc (hypocoristic)

Usage notes

After a palatalised consonant, the suffix becomes -eóc.

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	-óc^L	-óic^L	-óca^H
vocative	-óc^L	-óic^L	-óca^H
accusative	-óic^N	-óic^L	-óca^H
genitive	-óice^H	-óc^L	-óc^N
dative	-óic^L	-ócaib	-ócaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

-acán, -ecán

Category Old Irish terms suffixed with -óc not found

Descendants

Irish: -óg
Manx: -ag
Scottish Gaelic: -ag

References

^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909] D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, § 271, page 173; reprinted 2017

Wiyot

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /-ɑ́t͡s/

Suffix

-óc (postalveolar form -óč)

Forms diminutive nouns

Derived terms

Wiyot terms suffixed with -óc

References

Karl V. Teeter (1964) The Wiyot Language, University of California press, page 52