buíocán

buíocán

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/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠiːɡanˠ/, (older) /ˈbˠɯːɡanˠ/[1] (as if spelled buíogán)

Noun

buíocán m (genitive singular buíocáin, nominative plural buíocáin)

1. 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.

Further reading

• “buíocán” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “buidecán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “buiḋeacán” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 98.
• "buíocán" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

References

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