bóc

Irish

Noun

bóc f (genitive singular buaice, nominative plural buaiceanna)

  1. Alternative form of buaic (“highest point; ridge, crest; prow”)

Declension
Declension of bóc

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bóc buaiceanna
Vocative a bhóc a bhuaiceanna
Genitive buaice buaiceanna
Dative bóc buaiceanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bhóc na buaiceanna
Genitive na buaice na mbuaiceanna
Dative leis an mbóc

don bhóc

 leis na buaiceanna

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bóc bhóc mbóc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *pɔɔk (“to peel”). Cognate with Muong póc, Khmer បក (bɑɑk, “to peel”), Mon လ္ပံက်, Semai pook.

Probably unrelated to Chinese 剝／剥 and Thai ปอก (bpɔ̀ɔk), which might be connected with róc, lóc instead.

Pronunciation

Verb

bóc • (剝, 剥, 卜)

  1. to peel (fruits)
Derived terms
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