stócach
Irish
Etymology
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Noun
stócach m (genitive singular stócaigh, nominative plural stócaigh)
- young (unmarried) man; full-grown youth
- boyfriend
- Synonym: buachaill
- go-between (of match-making)
- pole, mast
Declension
Declension of stócach
First declension
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- glas-stócach m (“callow youth; half-grown boy”)
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “stócach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “stócach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “stócach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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