stócach

Irish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

stócach m (genitive singular stócaigh, nominative plural stócaigh)

  1. young (unmarried) man; full-grown youth
  2. boyfriend
    Synonym: buachaill
  3. go-between (of match-making)
  4. pole, mast

Declension

Declension of stócach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative stócach stócaigh
vocative a stócaigh a stócacha
genitive stócaigh stócach
dative stócach stócaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an stócach na stócaigh
genitive an stócaigh na stócach
dative leis an stócach
don stócach 		leis na stócaigh

Derived terms

  • glas-stócach m (“callow youth; half-grown boy”)

Further reading

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