stoc

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish stoc, from Old English stoc, from Proto-Germanic *stukką.

Pronunciation

Noun

stoc m (genitive singular stoic, nominative plural stoic)

  1. trunk (of tree)
  2. stump
  3. (linguistics) root
  4. stock (broth)
  5. breeding stock
    Synonym: stoc síolraíochta
  6. livestock
    Synonym: beostoc
  7. trumpet, bugle
    Synonyms: troimpéad, trumpa

Declension
Declension of stoc

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative stoc stoic
Vocative a stoic a stoca
Genitive stoic stoc
Dative stoc stoic

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an stoc na stoic
Genitive an stoic na stoc
Dative leis an stoc

don stoc

 leis na stoic

Derived terms
  • beostoc (“livestock”)
  • comhlacht stoic, cuideachta stoic (“stock company”)
  • stoc deiridh (“closing stock”)
  • stoc simléir (“chimney-stack”)
  • stoc síolraíochta (“breeding stock”)

Further reading
  • "stoc" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “1 stoc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “2 stoc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *stukką, whence also Old High German stoc, Old Norse stokkr, Old English stocc (“stock, stump”).

Noun

stoc n

  1. house, dwelling; place
Declension
Declension of stoc (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative stoc stocu
accusative stoc stocu
genitive stoces stoca
dative stoce stocum

Etymology 2

see stocc

Noun

stoc m

  1. Alternative spelling of stocc

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish stoc, from Old English stoc, from Proto-Germanic *stukką.

Noun

stoc m (genitive singular stuic, plural stuic)

  1. stock, trunk (of a tree), stump (of a tree), stump
  2. post, pillar
  3. sounding horn, trumpet
  4. family, race, progenitors
  5. wealth, store, cattle, livestock, capital
  6. pack of cards
  7. cravat
  8. cravat stiffener
  9. stock of a rudder
  10. principal part of any wooden structure
  11. base of a spinning-wheel
  12. stock of a bagpipe
  13. scarf, shawl
    Synonym: sgarfa

Verb

stoc

  1. object, cast up

Further reading
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “1 stoc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “2 stoc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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