buíocán

See also: buíochán

Irish

Alternative forms

buidheacán, buidheachán, buigheacán (obsolete)
buidheachán (Kerry)

Etymology

From buí (“yellow”) +‎ -cán; compare Scottish Gaelic buidheagan.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /bˠiːˈkɑːn̪ˠ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠiːkɑːnˠ/, /ˈbˠiːkɑːn̪ˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠiːɡanˠ/, /ˈbˠiːɡan̪ˠ/, (older) /ˈbˠɯːɡanˠ/[1] (as if spelled buíogán)

Noun

buíocán m (genitive singular buíocáin, nominative plural buíocáin)

yolk

Declension

Declension of buíocán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	buíocán	buíocáin
Vocative	a bhuíocáin	a bhuíocána
Genitive	buíocáin	buíocán
Dative	buíocán	buíocáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an buíocán	na buíocáin
Genitive	an bhuíocáin	na mbuíocán
Dative	leis an mbuíocán don bhuíocán	leis na buíocáin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
buíocán	bhuíocán	mbuíocán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 29

Further reading

“buíocán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “buidecán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “buiḋeacán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 98
Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 61
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buíocán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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