bocan

See also: bòcan

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔxɡan/

Etymology 1

boc +‎ -an

Noun

bocan m (genitive singular bocain, plural bocanan)

  1. small buck

Etymology 2

Noun

bocan m (genitive singular bocain, plural bocain)

  1. (tether-)stake
  2. crook(ed staff)
  3. hindrance

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
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