buíocán

See also: buíochán

Irish

Alternative forms

• buidheacán, buidheachán, buigheacán (obsolete)
• buidheachán (Kerry)

Etymology

From buí (“yellow”) +‎ -cán; compare Scottish Gaelic buidheagan.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bˠiːˈkɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠiːkɑːnˠ/, /ˈbˠiːkɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠiːɡanˠ/, /ˈbˠiːɡan̪ˠ/, (older) /ˈbˠɯːɡanˠ/ (as if spelled buíogán)

Noun

buíocán m (genitive singular buíocáin, nominative plural buíocáin)

1. yolk

Declension

Declension of buíocán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative buíocán buíocáin vocative a bhuíocáin a bhuíocána genitive buíocáin buíocán dative buíocán buíocáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an buíocán na buíocáin genitive an bhuíocáin na mbuíocán dative leis an mbuíocán don bhuíocán leis na buíocáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of buíocán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
buíocán	bhuíocán	mbuíocán

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

Further reading

• “buíocán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “buidecán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “buiḋeacán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 98
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 61
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buíocán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN