buicéad

Irish

Alternative forms

• bucaed, bucaod
• buiceud (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English buket, from Anglo-Norman buket (“tub, pail”), diminutive of buc (“abdomen; object with a cavity”). More at bucket.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bˠɪˈceːd̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠʊceːd̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠʌkɔdʲ/ (as if spelled bucóid)

Noun

buicéad m (genitive singular buicéid, nominative plural buicéid)

1. bucket

Declension

Declension of buicéad (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative buicéad buicéid vocative a bhuicéid a bhuicéada genitive buicéid buicéad dative buicéad buicéid forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an buicéad na buicéid genitive an bhuicéid na mbuicéad dative leis an mbuicéad don bhuicéad leis na buicéid

Mutation

Mutated forms of buicéad

radical	lenition	eclipsis
buicéad	bhuicéad	mbuicéad

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) “buicéad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN