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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bóc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓawk͡p̚˦˥]

Verb

bóc • (剝, 剥, 卜)

1. to peel (fruits)

Related terms

Derived terms

• bóc lịch
• bóc lột
• bóc phốt