roc

See also: ROC, RoC, Roc, R.O.C., and R. O. C.

English

Pronunciation
  • enPR: rŏk, IPA(key): /ɹɒk/
  • Homophones: rock, rawk
  • Rhymes: -ɒk

Etymology 1

Spanish rocho, ruc, from Arabic رُخّ (ruḵḵ), from Persian رخ (rox).

Alternative forms

Noun

roc (plural rocs)

  1. An enormous mythical bird in Eastern legend.
    • The Arabian Nights Entertainment. Tale 4. Sinbad. The Second Voyage.
      "By this time the sun was about to set, and all of a sudden the sky became as dark as if it had been covered with a thick cloud. I was much astonished at this sudden darkness, but much more when I found it occasioned by a bird of a monstrous size, that came flying toward me. I remembered that I had often heard mariners speak of a miraculous bird called Roc, and conceived that the great dome which I so much admired must be its egg. In short, the bird alighted, and sat over the egg. As I perceived her coming, I crept to the egg, so that I had before me one of the legs of the bird, which was as big as the trunk of a tree. I tied myself strongly to it with my turban, in hopes that the roc next morning would carry me with her out of this desert island. After having passed the night in this condition, the bird flew away as soon as it was daylight, and carried me so high, that I could not discern the earth;
Synonyms
  • peng (Chinese contexts)
Translations

Noun

roc

  1. (medicine, colloquial) Rocuronium.

Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From roca.

Noun

roc m (plural rocs)

  1. rock, stone

See also

Etymology 2

From Persian رخ (rox), from Middle Persian lhw' (rox, “rook, castle (chess)”).

Noun

roc m (plural rocs)

  1. (obsolete) rook (chess piece)
    Synonym: torre
  2. (heraldry) rook (heraldic charge)
  3. (mythology) roc (mythological bird)

Further reading

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁɔk/
  • roc(file)

Etymology 1

Variant of roche.

Noun

roc m (plural rocs)

  1. rock
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old French roc, ultimately from Persian رخ (rox), from Middle Persian lhw' (rox, “rook, castle (chess)”), possibly from Sanskrit रथ (ratha, “chariot”).

Noun

roc m (plural rocs)

  1. (dated, chess) rook
    Synonym: tour

Further reading

Anagrams

Interlingua

Noun

roc (plural roches)

  1. rook (chess piece)

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɾˠɔk/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

roc m (genitive singular roic, nominative plural roic)

  1. ray (fish)
Declension
Declension of roc

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative roc roic
Vocative a roic a roca
Genitive roic roc
Dative roc roic

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an roc na roic
Genitive an roic na roc
Dative leis an roc

don roc

 leis na roic
Derived terms
  • roc ga nimhe (“stingray”)
  • roc iolair (“eagle ray”)
  • roc nimhe (“electric ray, numb-fish”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish roc (“wrinkle”).

Noun

roc m (genitive singular roic, nominative plural roic)

  1. wrinkle, ruck, crease, pucker
    Bhí roic sa léine.
    There were wrinkles in the shirt.
Declension
Declension of roc

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative roc roic
Vocative a roic a roca
Genitive roic roc
Dative roc roic

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an roc na roic
Genitive an roic na roc
Dative leis an roc

don roc

 leis na roic

Verb

roc (present analytic rocann, future analytic rocfaidh, verbal noun rocadh, past participle roctha) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. wrinkle, crease, pucker
  2. corrugate
  3. kink
  4. crimp
Conjugation
conjugation of roc (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present rocaim rocann tú;
rocair†		 rocann sé, sí rocaimid rocann sibh rocann siad;
rocaid†		 a rocann; a rocas roctar
past roc mé; rocas roc tú; rocais roc sé, sí rocamar; roc muid roc sibh; rocabhair roc siad; rocadar a roc /
ar roc*		 rocadh
past habitual rocainn roctá rocadh sé, sí rocaimis; rocadh muid rocadh sibh rocaidís; rocadh siad a rocadh /
a rocadh*		 roctaí
future rocfaidh mé;
rocfad		 rocfaidh tú;
rocfair†		 rocfaidh sé, sí rocfaimid;
rocfaidh muid		 rocfaidh sibh rocfaidh siad;
rocfaid†		 a rocfaidh; a rocfas rocfar
conditional rocfainn rocfá rocfadh sé, sí rocfaimis; rocfadh muid rocfadh sibh rocfaidís; rocfadh siad a rocfadh /
a rocfadh*		 rocfaí
subjunctive present go roca mé;
go rocad†		 go roca tú;
go rocair†		 go roca sé, sí go rocaimid;
go roca muid		 go roca sibh go roca siad;
go rocaid†		 — go roctar
past dá rocainn dá roctá dá rocadh sé, sí dá rocaimis;
dá rocadh muid		 dá rocadh sibh dá rocaidís;
dá rocadh siad		 — dá roctaí
imperative rocaim roc rocadh sé, sí rocaimis rocaigí;
rocaidh†		 rocaidís — roctar
verbal noun rocadh
past participle roctha

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form

Derived terms

References

Latvian

Verb

roc

  1. inflection of rakt:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French roc.

Noun

roc m (plural rocs)

  1. (chess) rook

Descendants
  • French: roc

References
  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (roc)

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رُخّ (ruḵḵ), from Persian رخ (rox).

Noun

roc oblique singular, m (oblique plural ros, nominative singular ros, nominative plural roc)

  1. (chess) rook

Descendants

References
  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (roc)

Old Khmer

Verb

roc

  1. Latin script form of រោច៑ (“to withdraw”)

Noun

roc

  1. Latin script form of រោច៑ (“fortnight following full moon”)

Old Saxon

Noun

roc m

  1. Alternative spelling of rok

Welsh

Etymology

From English rock.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /rɔk/
  • Rhymes: -ɔk

Noun

roc m (not mutable)

  1. rock (style of music)
    Synonym: cerddoriaeth roc

See also
  • roc-a-rôl
  • roc-an-rôl

Further reading
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “roc”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Zazaki

Etymology

Related to Persian روز (ruz).

Noun

roc (n)

  1. Sun
  2. day
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