ponc

See also: Ponç, poñc, pōńć, and ponč

Catalan

Verb

ponc

1. 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)

1. 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

Mutated forms of ponc

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ponc	phonc	bponc

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ponc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ponc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ponc”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ponc”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from West Midlands English bonk, a dialectal variant of bank.

Noun

ponc f (plural ponciau or poncydd)

1. hillock, knoll

   Synonyms: bryncyn, twyn, crug, twmpath

2. speed bump, sleeping policeman

   Synonym: atalfa gyflymder

Mutation

Mutated forms of ponc

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
ponc	bonc	mhonc	phonc

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.