buaic

Irish

Alternative forms

bóc

Etymology

From Old Irish búaic (“top, summit”).

Noun

buaic f (genitive singular buaice, nominative plural buaiceanna)

highest point
ridge, crest
(nautical, of ship, etc.) prow
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

buaic na spéire (“zenith”)
buaic réalta (“meridian of star”)

Related terms

spuaic

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
buaic	bhuaic	mbuaic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buaic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “búaic”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Entries containing “buaic” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “buaic” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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