croca

== Galician == === Alternative forms === crouca === Etymology === Probably from Proto-Celtic *krouk- (“mound”), and hence a cognate of Old Irish crúach (“pile, heap”) and Icelandic hraukur (“pile, stack”), from Proto-Germanic *hraukaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈkɾɔkɐ] === Noun === croca f (plural crocas) tailhead sirloin; a cut of meat from the rump of an animal (informal) head dry chestnut ==== Derived terms ==== crocar (“to become bent”) escrocar (“to harm the tailhead of an animal”) === References === === Further reading === Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “croca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “croca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “croca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Irish == === Alternative forms === croc, cróca, próca === Etymology === From Middle English crokke, from Old English crocca, from Proto-West Germanic *kroggō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɾˠokə/ === Noun === croca m (genitive singular croca, nominative plural crocaí) crock (earthenware jar) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== crocadóir crocán croca simléir ==== Related terms ==== corcán === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “croca”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 267; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “croca”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN == Latin == === Noun === croca nominative/accusative/vocative plural of crocum === References === "croca", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)