puche

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puche

  1. spleen

Norman

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Etymology

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From an Old Northern French variant of Old French puce (flea), pulce, from Latin pūlex, pūlicem.

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Noun

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puche f (plural puches)

  1. (Jersey) flea
    • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore[1], page 542:
      Ch'est une pouquie de puches.
      They are a sackful of fleas.

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Old French

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Etymology

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From Frankish *pokō (pouch, bag), from Proto-Germanic *pukô (bag, pouch), from Proto-Indo-European *buk-, *bu-, *bew- (to blow, swell).

Noun

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puche oblique singularf (oblique plural puches, nominative singular puche, nominative plural puches)

  1. bag

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Descendants

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  • English: pouch, poke (through the Old Northern French variant poque, Anglo-Norman poke)
  • French: poche

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Verb

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puche

  1. inflection of puchar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative