bóc

See also: Appendix:Variations of "boc"

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
singular plural
nominative bóc buaiceanna
vocative a bhóc a bhuaiceanna
genitive buaice buaiceanna
dative bóc buaiceanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bhóc na buaiceanna
genitive na buaice na mbuaiceanna
dative leis an mbóc
don bhóc 		leis na buaiceanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of bóc
radical lenition eclipsis
bóc bhóc mbóc

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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 Old Chinese 剝 (OC *[p]ˤrok) (B-S) (SV: bác) and Thai ปอก (bpɔ̀ɔk), which might be connected with róc, lóc instead.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓawk͡p̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓawk͡p̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓawk͡p̚˦˥]

Verb

bóc • (扑, 𢷏)

  1. (of a thin layer) to peel; to peel off
    bóc vỏ táo ― to peel the skin of an apple
    bóc nhãn ― to peel off the label on a product

Derived terms

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