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prioc.

to prod, jab

5 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

verb/pʲɾʲuk/Munster/pʲɾʲok/Connacht/pʲɾʲɞk/Connacht/pʲɾʲɨk/Ulster
  1. to prod, jab

  2. to sting

  3. to goad (someone to do something)

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *prik-der. Old English prica Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-West Germanic *-ōn Proto-West Germanic *-ōjan Old English -ian Old English prician Middle English prikkenbor. Irish prioc From Middle English prikken, from Old English prician, priccan (“to prick”), from Proto-Germanic *prikōną, *prikjaną (“to pierce, prick”). Cognate with English prick.

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