boc

See also: BOC, BoC, bòc, BÖC, bọc, boç, boć, and Boć

Catalan

Etymology

Pre-Roman, possibly from Old High German boc, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰugo-.

Noun

boc m (plural bocs)

1. buck (male goat)

Synonyms

• cabró

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔk/

Noun

boc m (plural bocs)

1. (Norman dialect) type of horse-drawn carriage

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Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish boc, poc, pocc (“he-goat”) (compare modern poc), from Old English bucca.

Noun

boc m (genitive singular boic, nominative plural boic)

1. buck, playboy

Declension

Declension of boc

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative boc boic Vocative a bhoic a bhoca Genitive boic boc Dative boc boic

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an boc na boic Genitive an bhoic na mboc Dative leis an mboc don bhoc leis na boic

Derived terms

• boc mór
• boc seó

Etymology 2

Compare poc (“butt (as from a goat), hurling-stroke”).

Noun

boc m (genitive singular boic)

1. (of ball) bounce

Declension

Declension of boc

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative boc Vocative a bhoic Genitive boic Dative boc

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an boc Genitive an bhoic Dative leis an mboc don bhoc

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
boc	bhoc	mboc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch buc, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz.

Noun

boc m

1. buck, male goat

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• buc

Descendants

• Dutch: bok
• Limburgish: bók
• West Flemish: buk

Further reading

• “boc”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “buc (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page buc

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Middle English

Noun

boc

1. Alternative form of booke

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boːk/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *bōks, whence also Old Frisian bōk (West Frisian boek), Old Saxon bōk (Low German Book), Dutch boek, Old High German buoh (German Buch), Old Norse bók (Danish bog, Norwegian bok), Swedish bok), Gothic 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐌰 (bōka). The Germanic root is often taken to be related to the word for beech, the wood of rune-tablets.

Alternative forms

• bœ̄c

Noun

bōc f

1. book

Declension

Declension of boc (strong consonant stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	bōc	bēċ
accusative	bōc	bēċ
genitive	bēċ, bōce	bōca
dative	bēċ	bōcum

Derived terms

• bōchūs
• bōclīċ
• bōcstæf (“letter”)
• gerīmbōc (“calendar”)
• handbōc (“handbook, manual”)
• landbōc (“charter”)
• lǣcebōc (“medicine/recipe book”)
• nambōc (“register”)
• *wordbōc (“dictionary”)

Descendants

• Middle English: booke

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *bōkō.

Noun

bōc f

1. beech

   Synonyms: bōctrēow, bēċe

Declension

Declension of boc (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	bōc	bōca, bōce
accusative	bōce	bōca, bōce
genitive	bōce	bōca
dative	bōce	bōcum

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bukkaz, whence also Old English buc, Old Norse bukkr; from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuǵ- (“ram”).

Noun

boc m

1. buck (male deer)

Descendants

• German: Bock

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Old Saxon

Noun

boc f

1. Alternative spelling of bok

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔxk/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish boc, poc(c) (“he-goat”).

Noun

boc m (genitive singular buic, plural buic)

1. buck, roebuck
2. billygoat, male goat

Derived terms

• boc glas (“large dogfish; shark”)
• boc-Bealltainn (“wild or unmanageable entire horse”)
• boc-caol, boc-earba, boc-ruadh, boc-seang, fear-boc (“roebuck”)
• boc-cluigeineach (“bell-wether”)
• boc-dheamhan (“satyr”)
• boc-dubh Innseanach (“Indian blackbuck”)
• boc-gobhair, boc-goibhre (“he-goat, billy goat”)
• boc-goibhre (“he-goat”)
• boc-maighich (“buck-hare”)
• boc-roin (“prawn; shrimp”)
• boc-saic (“snipe”)
• bocan (“small buck”)
• laos-boc (“castrated goat, wether goat”)

 

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

boc (past bhoc, future bocaidh, verbal noun bocadh, past participle bocte)

1. bounce, leap/jump (up and down), skip
2. prance
3. flutter

Derived terms

• boc-thonn (“breaker (wave)”)

Noun

boc m

1. deceit, fraud
2. blow, box, stroke

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “boc”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN