ponc

See also: Ponç, poñc, pōńć, and ponč

Catalan

Verb

ponc

first-person singular present indicative of pondre

Irish

Etymology

Old Irish ponc, punc, from Latin punctum. Doublet of pointe.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pˠʊŋk/

Noun

ponc m (genitive singular poinc, nominative plural poncanna)

point
1. dot
2. full stop, period
  Synonym: lánstad
3. detail
4. (cricket) point (fielding position between gully and cover)
  Synonym: pointe

Declension

Declension of ponc

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ponc	poncanna
Vocative	a phoinc	a phoncanna
Genitive	poinc	poncanna
Dative	ponc	poncanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an ponc	na poncanna
Genitive	an phoinc	na bponcanna
Dative	leis an bponc don phonc	leis na poncanna

Derived terms

i bponc (“in a fix”)
líne poncanna m (“dotted line”)
ponc séimhithe (“point of lenition”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ponc	phonc	bponc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ponc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ponc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Entries containing “ponc” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “ponc” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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