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Irish
Noun
bóc f (genitive singular buaice, nominative plural buaiceanna)
- Alternative form of buaic (“highest point; ridge, crest; prow”)
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| bóc
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bhóc
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mbóc
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Mon-Khmer *pɔɔk (“to peel”). Cognate with Muong póc, Khmer បក (bɑɑk, “to peel”), Mon လ္ပံက်, Semai pook.
Probably unrelated to Old Chinese 剝 (OC *ˤrok) (B-S) (SV: bác) and Thai ปอก (bpɔ̀ɔk), which might be connected with róc, lóc instead.
Pronunciation
Verb
bóc • (扑, 𢷏)
- (of a thin layer) to peel; to peel off
- bóc vỏ táo ― to peel the skin of an apple
- bóc nhãn ― to peel off the label on a product
Derived terms