buaic

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish búaic (“top, summit”).

Noun

buaic f (genitive singular buaice, nominative plural buaiceanna)

  1. highest point
  2. ridge, crest
  3. (nautical, of ship, etc.) prow
  4. Alternative form of buaiceas (“wick”)

Declension

Declension of bóc (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative bóc buaiceanna
vocative a bhóc a bhuaiceanna
genitive buaice buaiceanna
dative bóc buaiceanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an bhóc na buaiceanna
genitive na buaice na mbuaiceanna
dative leis an mbóc
don bhóc 		leis na buaiceanna

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of buaic
radical lenition eclipsis
buaic bhuaic mbuaic

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

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