buicéad

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English buket, from Anglo-Norman buket (“tub, pail”), diminutive of buc (“abdomen; object with a cavity”). More at bucket.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bˠɪˈceːd̪ˠ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠʊceːd̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɪcad̪ˠ/

Noun

buicéad m (genitive singular buicéid, nominative plural buicéid)

1. bucket

Declension

Declension of buicéad

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative buicéad buicéid Vocative a bhuicéid a bhuicéada Genitive buicéid buicéad Dative buicéad buicéid

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an buicéad na buicéid Genitive an bhuicéid na mbuicéad Dative leis an mbuicéad don bhuicéad leis na buicéid

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
buicéad	bhuicéad	mbuicéad
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buicéad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN