pencar

Catalan

Etymology

From penca +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəŋˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [peŋˈkaɾ]
• Homophone: pencà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

pencar (first-person singular present penco, first-person singular preterite penquí, past participle pencat); root stress: (Central, Balearic) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/

1. (intransitive, colloquial) to work

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pencar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)

infinitive			pencar
gerund			pencant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pencat		pencada
		plural		pencats		pencades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	penco	penques	penca	penquem	penqueu	penquen
	imperfect	pencava	pencaves	pencava	pencàvem	pencàveu	pencaven
	future	pencaré	pencaràs	pencarà	pencarem	pencareu	pencaran
	preterite	penquí	pencares	pencà	pencàrem	pencàreu	pencaren
	conditional	pencaria	pencaries	pencaria	pencaríem	pencaríeu	pencarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	penqui	penquis	penqui	penquem	penqueu	penquin
	imperfect	penqués	penquessis	penqués	penquéssim	penquéssiu	penquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	penca	penqui	penquem	penqueu	penquin
	negative (no)	—	no penquis	no penqui	no penquem	no penqueu	no penquin

Further reading

• “pencar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pencar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “pencar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pencar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Anagrams

• aprenc

Northern Kurdish

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Noun

pencar m

1. (Hakkari) Alternative form of pincar

References

• Rhea, Samuel A. (1872–1880) “Brief Grammar and Vocabulary of the Kurdish Language of the Hakari District”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, volume 10, page 148b