búcla

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word búcla. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word búcla, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say búcla in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word búcla you have here. The definition of the word búcla will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofbúcla, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: bucla and buclă

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman bucle, from Old French bocle (buckle), from Latin buccula (cheek strap of a helmet), diminutive of bucca (cheek).

Noun

búcla m (genitive singular búcla, nominative plural búclaí)

  1. buckle
  2. ringlet (of hair)

Declension

Declension of búcla (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative búcla búclaí
vocative a bhúcla a bhúclaí
genitive búcla búclaí
dative búcla búclaí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an búcla na búclaí
genitive an bhúcla na mbúclaí
dative leis an mbúcla
don bhúcla
leis na búclaí

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
búcla bhúcla mbúcla
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.