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Etymology

Pre-Roman, possibly from Old High German boc, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰugo-.

Noun

boc m ‎(plural bocs)

1. buck (male goat)

Synonyms

• cabró

French

Noun

boc m ‎(plural bocs)

1. (Norman dialect) type of horse-drawn carriage

Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish boc, poc, pocc (compare modern poc), from Old English bucca.

Noun

boc m ‎(genitive singular boic, nominative plural boic)

1. buck, playboy

Declension

Derived terms

• boc mór
• boc seó

Etymology 2

Compare poc ‎(“butt (as from a goat), hurling-stroke”).

Noun

boc m ‎(genitive singular boic)

1. (of ball) bounce

Declension

Mutation

Old English

Noun

bōc f

1. book

Declension

See also

• bēċe

Descendants

• Middle English: book, booke, boc, buk
  • English: book
  • Scots: buik

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bukkaz, whence also Old English buc, Old Norse bukkr; from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuǵ- ‎(“ram”).

Noun

boc m

1. buck (male deer)

Descendants

• German: Bock

Old Saxon

Noun

boc f

1. Alternative spelling of bok

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔxɡ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish boc, poc, pocc ‎(“he-goat”).

Noun

boc m ‎(genitive singular buic, plural buic)

1. buck, roebuck
2. billygoat, male goat

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

boc ‎(past bhoc, future bocaidh, verbal noun bocadh, past participle bocte)

1. bounce, leap/jump (up and down), skip
2. prance
3. flutter

Derived terms

• boc-thonn ‎(“breaker (wave)”)

Noun

boc m

1. deceit, fraud
2. blow, box, stroke

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9