Possibly borrowed from Old English pūca (“demon, goblin”). Or, from Irish púca (“hobgoblin”). In either case, probably ultimately from Proto-Germanic *pūkô.
bocka m (plural bockas or bockyas)
Borrowed from Russian бочка (bočka).
bocka
Declension of bocka (type 3/koira, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | bocka | bockat |
genitive | bockan | bockiin |
partitive | bockaa | bockia |
illative | bockaa | bockii |
inessive | bockaas | bockiis |
elative | bockast | bockist |
allative | bockalle | bockille |
adessive | bockaal | bockiil |
ablative | bockalt | bockilt |
translative | bockaks | bockiks |
essive | bockanna, bockaan | bockinna, bockiin |
exessive1) | bockant | bockint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
(part) | 40 | 1⁄20 | 1⁄40 | 1⁄100 | |
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native name | bocka | uhlu | puteli | sorokofka | sotka |
SI equivalent | 492 l. | 12.3 l. | 0.615 l. | 0.308 l. | 0.123 l. |
From Old Swedish bokka, bukka, from Middle Low German bucken, from Old Saxon *bukkōn, from Proto-West Germanic *bukkōn.
bocka (present bockar, preterite bockade, supine bockat, imperative bocka)
active | passive | |||
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infinitive | bocka | bockas | ||
supine | bockat | bockats | ||
imperative | bocka | — | ||
imper. plural1 | bocken | — | ||
present | past | present | past | |
indicative | bockar | bockade | bockas | bockades |
ind. plural1 | bocka | bockade | bockas | bockades |
subjunctive2 | bocke | bockade | bockes | bockades |
present participle | bockande | |||
past participle | bockad |
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.