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 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

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

• 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˦˧˥]
• (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

• bóc lịch
• bóc lột
• bóc phốt
• bóc tách
• bóc tem
• cướp bóc